Netflix drama explores unemployment deception, with star-studded cast

Adam Sandler will star as a recently fired family man who spirals into deception in “Time Out,” a new psychological drama set to stream on Netflix.
The film follows Vincent, who loses his job but cannot bring himself to tell his wife and family the truth. Instead, he constructs an elaborate web of lies to conceal his unemployment, eventually creating a fraudulent investment scheme and soliciting money from friends.
Director Scott Cooper adapted the film from the French movie “L’Emploi du temps.” The director said the original work has stayed with him for more than two decades.
“I first encountered Laurent Cantet’s film in 2001, and it’s lived with me ever since,” Cooper said. “I’ve been thinking about revisiting it for years but now felt like the right moment — we’re living in a time where questions of identity, work and self-worth have become impossible to ignore.”
The film explores fundamental questions about honesty and relationships as Vincent’s lies threaten to destroy his family life.
Sandler, a Golden Globe nominee for “Uncut Gems,” leads a cast that includes Willem Dafoe, Gaby Hoffmann, F. Murray Abraham, Steve Zahn and Adam Horovitz.
Cooper wrote, directed and produced “Time Out.” He previously directed “Crazy Heart,” “Hostiles” and “The Pale Blue Eye.”
A premiere date for the film has yet to be announced.