Screen Time Check: The Women of 127 Hours

The most surprising thing about 127 Hours -- which is as good (and gross) as advertised -- is that the film features a veritable cavalcade of recognizable actresses. Not that they have all that much to do -- this is a one-man (and arm) show, after all! In an effort to sort out their respective impacts on the film, here's another edition of Movieline's patented Screen Time Check. Be forewarned: Spoilers ahead.

· Kate Mara

· Amber Tamblyn

Though Lizzy Caplan's voice is the first we hear in 127 Hours -- on an answering machine -- the first glimpsed actresses are Kate Mara and Amber Tamblyn. As a couple of lost hikers, their meet-cute with James Franco's Aron Ralston is adorable and energized; it isn't sexual (though there is clear attraction from all sides), it's just cute. They crevasse-dive with Aron, strip to their underwear, flirt, invite him to a Scooby-Doo party and then disappear, only to be heard from again in video playback-form once Aron is trapped. Because Mara gets a freeze-frame of her clothed-boobs (and an almost-masturbatory tribute), she edges slightly ahead of Tamblyn.

Approximate Screen Time: Mara, 12 minutes; Tamblyn, 11 minutes

· Clémence Poésy

What a fall for Fleur Delacore! After dating Chuck Bass in September, the future Mrs. Bill Weasley plays Aron's ex-girlfriend in 127 Hours. She doesn't have very much development -- they were in love, he wouldn't let her "in," they broke up at a Utah Jazz game -- but she does offer Aron one prescient damnation: "You're going to be so lonely." If she only knew the half of it!

Approximate Screen Time: 9 minutes

· Kate Burton

Burton -- best known for her TV roles in The Practice and Grey's Anatomy -- casts a long shadow over 127 Hours, despite only appearing in person (and in voice over) very briefly. She may just be credited as "Aron's Mom," but it's clear that our pinned hero at least partially wants to get himself free so that he doesn't break his mother's heart.

Approximate Screen Time: 5 minutes

· Lizzy Caplan

If you blinked at all during 127 Hours, you probably missed Lizzy Caplan's performance as Aron's Sister, Sonja. She's featured on Aron's answering machine in the beginning of the film (you can hear some of that in the trailer) and then later shows up as a hallucination; Aron imagines her in wedding dress. It's affecting, but since it's Lizzy Caplan, her appearance feels more distracting than anything else. Why not just cast some no-name for the part of a blinking cipher?

Approximate Screen Time: 30 seconds

· Jessica Ralston

The real-life Aron and his wife Jessica show up during the final moments of 127 Hours, and, not coincidentally, the theater seems to get dusty when they appear. Just sayin'.

Approximate Screen Time: 12 seconds