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Mexican Sci-Fi Romance Our Times Reaches Netflix’s US Top 10

The Spanish-language film follows a 1960s couple stranded in 2025 whose clashing responses to modern gender roles fuel its tension

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Overview

  • Our Times entered Netflix’s US Top 10 streaming chart this week, peaking at number 10
  • The story centers on married physicists Nora and Héctor who are accidentally transported from 1966 to the present by their time machine
  • Nora’s immersion in modern society underscores themes of feminism and personal growth as she gains professional recognition
  • Critics offered a mixed reception, praising Lucero and Benny Ibarra’s on-screen chemistry and the film’s inventive time-travel twist while faulting plot coherence and a hurried ending
  • Héctor’s insecurity and outdated views on gender norms heighten the couple’s relationship strain in their new environment