- Content: “It’s Time to Defeat This Rare Disease”
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What You Need To Know:
Overall, MATTER OF TIME presents a moral worldview and a powerful example of Agape love. Parents devote hours to tending to their child’s wounds. Doctors pursue treatment with a clear purpose. The Vedder family raises awareness of this disease and encourages funding for research. These efforts reflect selfless love at the heart of the documentary. However, the movie includes foul language and intense imagery, so MOVIEGUIDE ® advises caution for older children, including teenagers and sensitive adults.
Content:
A moral Biblical worldview shown through Agape love though there are no Bible verses or prayers or mentions of God;
Five uses of the “F” word and one obscenity;
No violence, though bloody wounds are shown;
No sex
Light naturalistic nudity of wound treatment
Discussions about tequila shots;
No smoking or drug abuse; and,
No other objectionable content.
More Detail:
MATTER OF TIME opens with the lead singer of Pearl Jam, Eddie Vedder, who performs a benefit concert in Seattle for children affected by Epidermolysis Bullosa. This rare genetic disease causes fragile skin that blisters and wounds easily. Doctors compare the skin to a butterfly’s wings because of its extreme thinness. Eddie and his wife, Jill, learned about this disease when Jill’s childhood friend gave birth to a child with the disease. She mourned the suffering Epidermolysis Bullosa inflicted on children and lamented the absence of a cure or targeted medicine. Slow FDA approval and government bureaucracy delay progress toward treatment.
The documentary follows several children with EB who travel to the benefit concert. One child, Rowan, stands out as a young girl with a wonderful spirit. Rowan wears wound coverings across her body to protect her skin. Her mother devotes hours each day to making these coverings, as doctors offer wound care as the only treatment.
The documentary focuses no one impactful doctor in the field, Doctor Jean Tang, pursuing a cure for the disease. Her kind heart, compassion and determination shine throughout the movie.
MATTER OF TIME also features a couple, the Knuths, who adopted two children with EB, with full knowledge of the diagnosis. Trisha Knuth shows deep love for her children and pursues every possible step to improve their health.
The movie introduces many other children and young adults who attend the benefit concert. Throughout the documentary, Eddie Vedder’s music serves as the emotional thread that ties the movie together.
Overall, MATTER OF TIME presents a powerful example of Agape love. Parents devote hours to tending to their child’s wounds. Doctors pursue treatment with a clear purpose. The Vedder family raises awareness of this disease and encourages funding for research. These efforts reflect selfless love at the heart of the documentary. However, the movie includes foul language and intense imagery, so MOVIEGUIDE® advises caution for older children, including teenagers and sensitive adults.
