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He’s also invested his protagonist with a self-deprecating sense of humor that keeps his pessimism from veering into maudlin territory.

But the film eventually turns maudlin, going so far as to include a prolonged scene where Adam says goodbye to the memory of his parents in a restaurant they used to frequent as a family.

If he did, the film would get maudlin.

Thankfully, “We Live in Time” never becomes maudlin, but it also never generates much emotion other than disappointment and frustration.

Not wanting to be maudlin, Morrison sometimes comes off as shallow.