History Film / TiMER

* ICantBelieveAGuyLikeYouWouldNoticeMe: Unromantic but still oddly sweet - when Mikey's roommates start ruining the mood when he and Oona is about to have sex, he yells at them about how he's about to score way way ''way'' out of his league, and they'd better not get in the way of it. Oona cracks up and looks flattered at the same time.

* TheHedonist: Downplayed with Steph. She frequently enjoys partying, drinking and having causal sex with men who have active [=TiMER=]s (so they'll want no attachments). The reason for this is that her [=TiMER=] countdown won't expire until she's 43. Steph's known from a very early age she won't meet her soulmate for decades and still has ''another'' 13 years to go, so decided to enjoy being single as much as possible and gives little thought to ambition or future plans.

* SeinfeldianConversation: Mikey at one point has a long, thoughtful monologue about "what's up with those women whose breasts point in different direction." Oona is annoyed enough by the inanity of it to break up with him. [[RelationshipRevolvingDoor Again.]]

A 2009 [[ScienceFiction sci-fi]]/[[RomanticComedy rom-com]] film written and directed by Jac Schaeffer and starring Creator/EmmaCaulfield, ''[=TiMER=]'' takes place in an {{alternate history}} version of the United States in which, at some point in {{the nineties}}, the [=TiMER=]--an incredibly accurate device that counts down to the day the wearer will meet his or her destined mate--was invented, changing the way people thought and acted about romance and relationships.

A 2009 [[ScienceFiction sci-fi]]/[[RomanticComedy rom-com]] film written and directed by Jac Schaeffer and starring Emma Caulfield, ''[=TiMER=]'' takes place in an {{alternate history}} version of the United States in which, at some point in {{the nineties}}, the [=TiMER=]--an incredibly accurate device that counts down to the day the wearer will meet his or her destined mate--was invented, changing the way people thought and acted about romance and relationships.

''[=TiMER=]'' takes place in an {{alternate history}} version of the United States in which, at some point in {{the nineties}}, the [=TiMER=]--an incredibly accurate device that counts down to the day the wearer will meet his or her destined mate--was invented, changing the way people thought and acted about romance and relationships.

The story follows Oona, an unfortunate woman whose [=TiMER=] remains blank, indicating that her “one” has yet to even get a [=TiMER=], and her solution to this has been (unsuccessfully) dating numerous [=TiMER=]-less men and forcing them to get one installed. Oona is forced to change her dating habits when she meets Mikey, a young and impulsive grocery clerk and drummer with a functioning [=TiMER=]. He invites Oona to live in the present instead of stressing about the future.

* MostWritersAreMale: Averted; the film was written and directed by the entirely female Jac Schaeffer

->”Take the guesswork out of love.”

* OnlyTheLeadsGetAHappyEnding: [[spoiler:Oona finds her soulmate in Dan but in doing so she breaks the heart of Mikey and damages Steph's friendship with both herself and Dan. Steph also removed her [=TiMER=], potentially robbing her of that potential soulmates later in life.]]

* {{Handwave}}: Whilst there's some talk about personality variables and oxytocin levels, it's never explained how the [=TiMER=] really works; it's simply accepted fact that it does. [[spoiler:Even by Mikey.]] From a logical standpoint it's difficult to argue with a 98% success rate, (current US divorce rates are around 50%), and the technology has now been around decades.

* TheHedonist: Downplayed with Steph but she frequently enjoys partying, drinking and having causal sex with men who have active [=TiMER=]s (so they'll want no attachments). The reason for this is that her [=TiMER=] countdown began at an early age but it won't expire until she's 43. Steph's known from a very early age she won't meet her soulmate for decades and still has another 13 years to go, so decided to enjoy being single as much as possible and give little thought to ambition or future plans.

* TheHedonist: Downplayed with Steph but she frequently enjoys partying and having causal sex with men who have active [=TiMER=]s so they'll want no attachments. The reason for this is that her [=TiMER=] countdown began at an early age but it won't expire until she's 43. Steph's known from a very early age she won't meet her soulmate for decades and still has another 13 years to go, so just enjoys herself as much as she can being single and has very little in the way of ambition or future plans.

* TheHedonist: Downplayed with Steph but she frequently enjoys partying and having causal sex with men who have active [=TiMER=]s so they'll want no attachments. The reason for this is that her [=TiMER=] countdown began at an early age but it won't expire until she's 43. Steph's known from a very early age she won't meet her soulmate for decades and still has another 13 years to go, so just enjoys herself as much as she can being single.

* TheHedonist: Downplayed with Steph but she frequently enjoys partying and having causal sex with men who have active [=TiMER=]s so they'll want no attachments. Living life to the fullest as it were. The reason for this is that her [=TiMER=] countdown began at an early age but not due to expire until she's 43. She's known from a very early age she won't meet her soulmate for decades and still has another 13 years to go.

* DisappearedDad: Oona's biological father, Rick O'Leary, separated from her mother at a young age. Apparently when her mother got a Timer a countdown began, it meant someone else was her soulmate, so they split. Oona believes her father never got an implant due to his more "bohemian" lifestyle, [[spoiler: however Rick reveals he does have one. In fact it was his idea to get [=TiMER=]s in the first place. Once Marion knew they weren't soulmates, something Oona's father already surmised, she would finally admit they wouldn't work out.]]

* TheLadette: Oona’s stepsister Steph is the crudest person in the entire film

* DisappearedDad: Oona's biological father, Rick O'Leary, separated from her mother at a young age. Apparently when her mother got a Timer a countdown began, it meant someone else was her soulmate, so they split. Oona believes her father never got an implant due to his more "bohemian" lifestyle, [[spoiler: however Rick reveals he does have one. In fact it was his idea to get Timers in the first place. Once Marion knew they weren't soulmates, something Oona's father already surmised, she would finally admit they wouldn't work out.]]

* LoveAtFirstSight:Averted. [=TiMER=] employees are quick to note that most romances develop over time, some of them are outright [[LoveAtFirstPunch belligerent]] in the beginning, and it's also mentioned by several people that they didn't fall in love because the timer told them to, it just lead them to each other. All relationships are said progress and grow naturally.

* MalignedMixedMarriage: Luz and Marion agree that they would have preferred that Jesse and Soledad’s relationship play out with them both carrying on in secret, them finding out and eventually marrying to force their families to accept them.

* StarCrossedLovers: Downplayed but even without factoring in [=TiMERS=] Oona and Mikey have quite a lot stacked against them, there's 8 years between them, she's also more mature and intelligent. [[spoiler: They are dead in the water once Oona's Timer starts counting down. Mikey's just able to admit it first.]]

* StarCrossedLovers: Downplayed but even with Timer's Oona and Mikey has quite a lot stacked against them, there's 8 years between them, she's more mature and intelligent and [[spoiler: they are dead in the water once Oona's Timer starts counting down. Mikey's just able to admit it first.]]

* OnlyTheLeadsGetAHappyEnding: [[spoiler:Oona finds her soulmate in Dan but in doing so she breaks the heart of Mikey and damages Steph's friendship with Dan.]]

* TheReveal: Oona's soulmate is [[spoiler: Dan, revealed to have gotten his own Timer moments before she had her implant removed.]]

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''[=TiMER=]'' takes place in an {{alternate history}} version of the United States in which, at some point in {{the nineties}}, the [=TiMER=]--an incredibly accurate device that counts down to the day the wearer will meet his or her destined mate--was invented, changing the way people thought and acted about romance and relationships. The story follows Oona, an unfortunate woman whose [=TiMER=] remains blank, indicating that her “one” has yet to even get a [=TiMER=], and her solution to this has been (unsuccessfully) dating numerous [=TiMER=]-less men and forcing them to get one installed. Oona is forced to change her dating habits when she meets Mikey, a young and impulsive grocery clerk and drummer with a functioning [=TiMER=]. He invites Oona to live in the present instead of stressing about the future.

%%* DisappearedDad: Oona's biological father.
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Oona dreams about boiling eggs with her one, who is wearing a mask. Later, when she [[spoiler: breaks up with Mikey, he's boiling eggs. Then when she sees Dan, he has the same mask.]]

%%* FallingInLoveMontage
* {{Handwave}}: It's never explained how the [=TiMER=] really works; it's simply accepted fact that it does. [[spoiler:Even by Mikey.]]
* HappilyMarried: Oona’s mother and stepfather

* LikesOlderWomen: There is a good eight-year age difference between Mikey and Oona by the end of the movie

* MalignedMixedMarriage: Luz and Marion agree that they would have preferred that Jesse and Soledad’s relationship play out with them marrying in secret to force their families to accept them

%%* RedStringOfFate: The [=TiMERS=].
%%* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Oona's soulmate.]]
%%* SadTimesMontage
%%* StarCrossedLovers: Oona and Mikey.

%%* AlliterativeName: Oona O'Leary

%%* {{Magitek}}: The [=TiMERS=].

* LoveAtFirstSight: [=TiMER=] employees are quick to note that most romances develop over time, some of them are outright [[LoveAtFirstPunch belligerent]] in the beginning.