Reptileenbu Did you people see the same film I saw?

Limerculer A waste of 90 minutes of my life

Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

Maleeha Vincent It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

opusthepenguin-1 Pseudo-profundity by and for shallow males who want to think they are deep.

jtomczak-88866 Cashback takes a very enjoyable if somewhat unoriginal idea, dresses it up with a ton of skilled cinematography, and turns it into an hour-and-a-half long misogynistic piece that feels like it came out of a pretentious 18-year-old film student's notebook from a Themes in Cinema 101 class. That this movie has a decent score is beyond me.The film stars an obvious self-insert college student and focuses around his ability to stop time, which he uses to pass his time at his awful job at Sainsbury's by stripping the female customers and painting their nude forms. Not only is this vile act depicted as sympathetic, the film seems to argue that it's making some sort of deep and meaningful statement on the beauty of the female body. The main character is treated as a deep and misunderstood man who truly "gets it," like he understands that undressing women and appreciating their beauty is better than the middle school antics of his coworkers and best friend. Much of the film is, as the premise would indicate, devoted to describing the passage of time. The best moments come early on, when we find our main character contemplating the slowness of retail hell while still finding beauty in still images, even as simple as frozen peas spilled on the floor. But it also veers into the pretentious, with the monologues describing how "time just keeps passing, man" becoming increasingly unbearable. And, of course, when time does actually stop, it very often goes right back into treating non-consensual female nudity as the highest form of art.If there is one thing to praise Cashback for, it's the cinematography. Most of the scenes are framed and shot well, showing that a considerable amount of skill went into this. The best part comes during many of the flashbacks, as the transitions between them are carefully constructed into the present, done so in a way that is not only creative but is a lot of fun to watch. The film's message might be terrible, but hey at least it's shot well.If I were to pin down the principle problem of Cashback, it's that it reeks of self-importance. The film boldly declares that it's saying something deep and giving something to the medium when it's saying little more than "female nudity is deep and artsy, maaaan." I can respect enjoying this film for the cinematography, but honestly, it made me feel too disgusted to enjoy almost anything about it.

sol- Heartbroken and suffering from chronic insomnia, an aspiring artist takes a night shift job at a local supermarket where he finds a hidden talent for pausing time, but is this gift real or imagined? With such an inventive premise, 'Cashback' opens with quite a lot of promise, but it does not always deliver. Purely metaphorical or not, the stopping time stuff is interesting as it gets our protagonist to wax poetic about time seeming to go too slow except for those brief moments that you only wish could last forever. There is also a lot to like in his philosophy that he might as well get a job to at least "get cash back" for his time spent awake at night. While he makes for an empathetic deep-thinking protagonist, Sean Biggerstaff never once acts like a true insomniac though and while his work colleagues get up to some comical mischief on the job, the film misses a ripe opportunity to look at madness spiraling from apparent sleep deprivation. The film's biggest drawback though is its over-reliance on sentimental voice-over narration; Biggerstaff tends to only talk in poetic clichés ("it felt like all the oxygen had been sucked from the room"; "what is love?") and a maudlin music score does not help matters at all. There are, however, sufficient comedic quirks to keep things afloat; Biggerstaff's recollection of looking at porn magazines ends with a hilarious gag and a seemingly superfluous sports match turns out to be very, very funny. A talent supporting cast helps too, with Stuart Goodwin getting the best laughs as a boss who tries just a little too hard to be hip all the time.

Frankie Sez Started off slow and I almost stopped watching about 15 minutes in...but then it got a bit funny, then it got interesting and before I knew it I was in all the way. Plot line: Without giving it away, the story revolves around a character with a special ability that's been done before, many many times. That said, they did a fantastic job with it. Characters: Sweet, very likable. Nice job of character building and you feel for them. Best part: Purely personal and obviously not for everyone (just letting you know..) but a big part of the story is the complete and utter abundance of strikingly beautiful women (and no, it's not cheap) It works very well. Check it out, it's worth a watch