The box cover boasts that "Suspension" (Lightyear, 2008) won an award at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival - not exactly an Oscar, but the film is top-notch. Its premise: Daniel discovers he can stop time by hitting Pause on his son's video camera. The first time it happens, Daniel's son has the camera in the back seat of the car. A head-on collision kills everyone except Daniel, who sits, mystified and horrified, in a freeze-frame of the instant of impact. Daniel is able to get out of the car and walk around the collision. Subsequently he meets Sarah, the widow of the other driver, and becomes infatuated. He stops time so he can be with her. He sneaks into her home to do her favors like making repairs. That's kind of cute, but Daniel's behavior becomes more and more creepy. And Sarah, though stopped in time, can vaguely see him. The two leads, Scott Cordes and Annie Tedesco, are terrific in beautifully written roles, real people acting believably in bizarre circumstances. The "3-D stop time" (as it's called) effects are amazing, as Daniel walks among figures in a real-life diorama. Not rated.
Review of Suspension
