Moviecut—All the Time in the World

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"All The Time in the World" is a wonderful documentary film about a Canadian family (mother, father and three kids, ages 4, 8, and 10) who left their comfortable Dawson City home to spend a winter in a small cabin deep in the Yukon backcountry. I saw this film at a festival in Cooperstown, New York, at which the filmmaker/mother (Suzanne Crocker) did a q+a after the screening. It's a fascinating story about a family reconnecting and learning to live simply in a wild and unforgiving environment. It's a wonderful story and is exceptionally well told through this moving documentary.

Beautiful, gently told story of going off grid for nine months to experience the world and family in a fresh way. This and First We Eat are the films I have been craving, real storytelling, real people, no ginned up fake tension or suspense. In fact, the very real risks and dangers ar shown but treated in a low-key, deadpan manner, e.g., the bear. I so appreciated this approach right now, when the world has enough suspense, real and fake, and horror. I don't need it in films right now. The messages of Crocker's movies are soothing and enlightening too-what we have that we fail to appreciate and what we risk losing if we don't take care of the environment, and by cooperation is better than competition. Ten stars.

The movie, "All The Time In The World" is fascinating and thought- provoking and it's exactly the role of the documentary film. I found myself after watching the film wondering, What about me? Should I take time off with my busy life? interpretation given, especially by the mother and the little daughter, let a thorough understanding and intimate family relationships, the situation is so extraordinary, allowing a different perspective at the same time. The creator of this film is a brave creator, who has dared to do the unexpected and document the people who are most important to her in an optimistic and humane way. I highly recommend this film.

In an era when our lives are ruled by technology, schedules, performance indicators and efficiency metrics Suzanne Crocker's "All the time in the world" provides a welcome corrective. Slowly drawing the viewer in, this deceptively simple family story gradually morphs into a sociological critique of twenty-first century 'civilization'. This engaging tale is equally suitable for stressed out adults and curious children. For the urbanite it also provides a glimpse into a natural world that few experience in day to day city life. Emotional moments punctuate the family's year off the grid ultimately creating a vicarious escape for the audience - if only for 90 minutes.

All The Time in the World is a wonderful film and a great reminder to make time for the things that count. This film has really captured the realities of living off the grid and away from the luxuries of modern civilization. I find that people are always fascinated with families living in the north and this film gave a great insight into how fun and rewarding it can be, but also how difficult and stressful it can be as well. I loved watching the kids play and become such good friends despite having no one else to hang out with other than each other. If you are interested in living in the north, living off the grid, or even just interested in taking more time for family and friends and eliminating the constraints of time, this is a great film to watch. I look forward to more films by Suzanne Crocker and I hope that all who watch this film feel as if they have all the time in the world.

If Terrence Malick made a documentary, All the Time in the World would have been his film: minimalistic, impressionistic, humanistic. Sue Crocker directs and photographs her family of five's nine-month stay in the Yukon Territory outside of Dawson City. The endearing part of this poetic piece is Crocker's respect for the children's point of view, which reflects on the time and simplicity motifs with a clarity often not the realm of regular adults and usually reserved for poets. Their observations are spot on about how in the dead of winter--50 below--you feel time slowing so that you want to slow up with it or hibernate as we would say. The fire in the log cabin, the berries made into pies and drinks, the cuddly cats and dog, dad's soon to be cut pony tail, and mom's enduring smile are just part of the rich mosaic called the "simple life." Like the story itself, time goes short for this lyrical recollection of a family's unique bonding. I'm a city guy who has won a few good camper awards, so the vicissitudes of roughing it are within my right to review. Although I don't wish for nine months in the Yukon, I do in my daily life pare down to the minimum, the way Crocker's family in a more austere way does. I take away from this exemplary doc a desire to further reduce my material life and spend more simplified time with my family and friends. In that way I know I'll have all the time in the world.

All the Time in the World