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Cashback

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United Kingdom · 2006
Rated R · 1h 42m
Director Sean Ellis
Starring Sean Biggerstaff, Emilia Fox, Shaun Evans, Michael Dixon
Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance

Heartbroken from a break-up, young artist Ben develops insomnia. He begins working the late night shift at the local supermarket, where he discovers he's able to halt time and explore while the rest of the world remains frozen in place.

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Village Voice by

The movie is too cute by half, made close to unbearable whenever Ben's narration spews glib pseudo-profundities about memory and temporal stillness. But the flaky humor of wage slaves serial-killing time is good, rude fun.

50

Seattle Post-Intelligencer by Bill White

With Biggerstaff's breathless narration explaining every detail of the action, Cashback seems aimed at an audience that would rather be told a story than shown a movie.

50

Washington Post by Desson Thomson

Springs from that childhood fantasy of being able to stop time and wander freely among the temporarily frozen. If only writer-director Sean Ellis had done more than use the conceit for a functional romance.

80

Variety by Justin Chang

Slickly charming, genteelly erotic and directed with supreme polish, Cashback is a conventional romantic comedy that plays unconventional games with time and memory.

70

Los Angeles Times by Kevin Crust

Writer-director Sean Ellis more-or-less successfully expands his Academy Award-nominated 18-minute short to full length, showcasing his talented young cast to good effect.

75

New York Post by Kyle Smith

Imagine "Clerks" director Kevin Smith with a background in poetry and painting instead of comic books and bestiality jokes, and you'll have an idea of what to expect from an exciting new filmmaker named Sean Ellis, whose terrific debut is called Cashback.

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