TiMER

TiMER (2009) is a low-budget American romantic sci-fi comedy you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Jac Schaeffer and starring Emma Caulfield. The world of the film runs on a simple premise: a wrist implant counts down to the exact moment you meet your soulmate. No guesswork, no bad dates, no second-guessing.

Oona O'Leary's device has been blank since she got it. Her match hasn't been implanted yet, which means she could be waiting years, or decades. Staring down thirty with no countdown in sight, she breaks her own rule and falls for Mikey (John Patrick Amedori), a younger supermarket clerk whose timer reads four months — definitely not pointing at her.

Schaeffer uses the gadget as a way to ask what most romantic comedies prefer to skip: does knowing who you're supposed to love make it easier, or does it just take away the choice? The film doesn't wrap that question up neatly, which is what makes it stick longer than the premise suggests. Stream TiMER (2009) online on iFILM.