On paper, We Live in Time seems thoughtfully formulated to be the perfect tearjerker for today. John Crowley, the celebrated helmer of the stunning Saoirse Ronan romance Brooklyn, teams with heralded actors/internet darlings Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield in a weepy romance of wooing and tragic loss.

Early reviews of director John Crowley’s new film, We Live In Time, have been positive, calling it “transcendently life-affirming” and praising the chemistry between its stars, Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield, as “achingly palpable.” ( The Hollywood Reporter) Pugh agrees and says the movie had a major impact on her.

ABC Florence Pugh needed a summer vacation. In an interview with British Vogue, Pugh — who in recent years starred in Marvel’s Black Widow and Hawkeye; Oppenheimer; Dune: Part Two; Marvel’s Thunderbolts;