It's complicated... I really like the directing, acting and writing but, there are issues with the way it's shot that I just can't deny. As much as I love the storytelling and the fantastic performance but, there are also certain scenes that didn't need to exist.

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

As in the title i was surprised with this film, the reason i watched it is because i see so many homeless people in my home city of Glasgow and at times i try and help homeless people i find while on my way home with the odd king rib supper or whatever food i can get for these people who live on the streets...The film itself was very dark, slow and strange at times but i suppose that is exactly what the movie was supposed to be, to live on the streets with no fixed abode must be horrendous to say the least and i cant even imagine how that feels unless i was in their situation so the movie should be dark and slow considering a night on the pavement is probably on the cards.I have also not watched that many movies with Richard Gere but i have to say i think he nailed this, i barely recognised him in some scenes even though i knew it was Richard Gere, without makeup and the hat he wore was a great disguise on most scenes and ofcourse is normal for homeless people to wear i suppose all year round, as the film entered the the last scenes i started to think that things were done in real time without the aid off extras and other stupid film making costs which i think was a great touch and further reading it looks like my instincts were correct because as i read Richard Gere was mistaken for a homeless person and offered pizza by a generous passer by during filming. Good film, and not only that a descent ending which can be difficult in film making.7/10

The noisiest quiet film I've ever seen. Oren Moverman is like a conductor of an orchestra wherein the ceaseless sounds of city life and the all-enveloping silence of loneliness collide to create a thought provoking study into character, meaning, and priorities. Richard Gere, Ben Vereen and Kyra Sedgewick all perform perfectly with the dull shine of tarnished silver.

Director Oren Moverman never wants us to get close to the subjects in Time out of mind. He shoots the film from a distance so we feel like voyeurs eavesdropping in some half finished conversation.We follow George Hammond (Richard Gere) a disorientated homeless man with no id, papers or money. We know little about him, how he got to this predicament. As the film goes on we realise he can be badly behaved, peeing on the street, he likes to drink and he wants to obtain his birth certificate. He also has a daughter that he wants to get close to but gauging from her reaction, she hates him.Nothing much happens as George wanders around New York, looking for places to sleep, keep warm, getting something to drink and beg for money. George tries to get a place in a homeless shelter and has to go through tons of questions as various officials assess him. His memory seems hazy and he befriends another homeless man, the motor mouthed Dixon (Ben Vereen) who helps him to survive the streets and helps him get social security.We get a committed performance from Richard Gere but the film is a borefest. There is no narrative and no story. A docudrama with no purpose apart from being a slice of life look at the plight of the homeless.

People who rated this movie higher than 1 clearly never had to deal with people with mental illness.What was the moral of the story?, proof that our system is screwed up? Sad fact is that unless you have Federal and State governments, and the Judicial system working together to commit the mentally ill to mental institutions, people who cannot or will not (i.e.) refuse to seek treatment and follow their doctor's advice homelessness will continue the same holds true for those with chemical dependency and self medicating mentally ill.My former and now deceased fiancé suffered from the symptoms of Bipolar Depression and PTSD, I met her back in late 2013 when she lived in the apartment right below mine, she immediately told me about her mental illnesses, she failed to tell me that the symptoms were far from under control.My mentally ill former fiancé self medicated, she drank liquor that intensified the symptoms of her Bipolar Depressionand she smoke Marijuana, since the primary symptom of PTSD is Paranoid Schizophrenia the THC intensified her paranoia.My mentally ill former, and now deceased fiancé tried committing suicide overdosing on Lithium kicked in my apt. door, wrecking door and door frame, spent 7-9 days at county mental hospital, was evicted from the apt. complex I still reside at.A year later my former and now deceased fiancé, 9 mos. earlier we both mutually agreed that due to her illness she was unable to maintain a serious relationship with any man, as I was saying she attempted suicide a 2nd time, this time she tried by overdosing on Latuda and Lamictal, I was not present at the time, yes she was institutionalized for a time, but unaware of how long.October 10, 2015, 7 mos. from her 2nd attempt at her 2nd attempt at committing suicide, she was living with a couple who knew what her mental issues were, the man in the relationship has mental issues of his own, as I was saying he had a loaded handgun laying around which she found, shot herself in the head killing herself.My former fiancé was only 41 yrs. old, if the court system had had her committed to an institution where she was under 24/7 supervision and forced to take medication to treat her symptoms she would still be with me.I learned absolutely nothing enlightening from this movie.