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Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (2009)

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Reviews Counted:19

Fresh:7

Rotten:12

Average Rating:4.4/10

Rated: Rating Pending

Runtime: 1 min 23 secs

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: In this clever British comedy from director Gareth Carrivick, three down-on-their-luck lads meet for a pint and find themselves sucked into a hilarious time-travel adventure via the pub bathroom.... In this clever British comedy from director Gareth Carrivick, three down-on-their-luck lads meet for a pint and find themselves sucked into a hilarious time-travel adventure via the pub bathroom. Ray (Chris O'Dowd) is a sci-fi obsessed geek who has just been fired from his job at an amusement park. He meets up with his mates, Pete (Dean Lennox Kelly) and Toby (Marc Wootton), and they settle into a pub booth to bemoan their nonexistent careers, mock Hollywood films, and debate the merits of being a "nerd." However, their mellow night is thrown for a loop when Ray heads up for another round and meets the lovely Cassie (Anna Faris). Cassie claims to be from the future, and she spins a wild tale for Ray about her inner time machine. Ray assumes Pete and Toby are playing a prank, and he returns to their table annoyed, but they haven’t a clue what he is talking about. Everyone thinks Cassie is a big joke, but when Pete heads to the bathroom, he ends up stumbling into an actual time portal and traveling to the future, where he has a horrible vision of his own death. He races back through the portal to tell the present-day Ray and Toby, and soon enough all three are running back and forth through time as they try to solve the mystery of Pete’s death, unravel the baffling rules of time travel, and get back to the present--and, more importantly, their waiting pints. All three male leads turn in excellent performances, and Faris (HOUSE BUNNY) is an understated pleasure. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT TIME TRAVEL is Carrivick's debut feature, and he has crafted a delightfully entertaining comedy with a brainteaser plot to boot. Fans of SHAUN OF THE DEAD and BILL AND TED’S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE will likely find the flick most enjoyable, no matter their place on the time-space continuum. [More]

Starring: Chris O'Dowd, Marc Wootton, Dean Lennox Kelly, Anna Faris

Starring: Chris O'Dowd, Marc Wootton, Dean Lennox Kelly, Anna Faris

Director: Gareth Carrivick

Director: Gareth Carrivick
Screenwriter: Jamie Mathieson
Producer: Neil Peplow, Justin Anderson Smith

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There are some good ideas, but I was disappointed not to get an ending that pieced everything together into a satisfying chain of events. The film provokes questions, all right, but too many are left unanswered.

Full Review Source: Sunday Times (UK) | comment Comment
04/28/09
Edward Porter
Edward Porter
Sunday Times (UK)

Through no particular fault of the performers, it is pointless, perfunctory and painfully unfunny.

Full Review Source: Observer [UK] | comment Comment
04/28/09
Philip French
Philip French
Observer [UK]

While entertaining, this feels like it belongs on TV.

Full Review Source: Sunday Mail [UK] | comment Comment
04/28/09
Sunday Mail [UK]

Overcoming a limited budget with imagination and charismatic characters, it's a minor miracle to see a British movie take on a subject matter monopolised by Hollywood and emerge on level terms.

Full Review Source: Digital Spy | comment Comment
04/25/09
Simon Reynolds
Simon Reynolds
Digital Spy

A good effort, but ultimately one that may have been more suited to a TV special than a fully-fledged feature, FAQ… is like that geeky friend you really want to like - if only they'd sort out their BO problem and stop talking about Deep Space Nine.

Full Review Source: Sky Movies | comment Comment
04/25/09
Chris Prince
Chris Prince
Sky Movies

An undercooked, rapidly unravelling script, low-grade production values (is that the best future costume you have?), plodding direction and an apologetically crap ending are not worth the price of a cinema ticket in these belt-tightening times.

Full Review Source: Total Film | comment Comment
04/25/09
Jane Crowther
Jane Crowther
Total Film

While it doesn't quite achieve the same standards as its recent forebears in British genre comedy, this modest film has amiable, convoluted charm.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
04/24/09
Daniel Etherington
Daniel Etherington
Channel 4 Film

Refreshingly, director Carrivick’s feature debut is both dark, compelling and occasionally laugh-out-loud funny.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
04/24/09
Philip Wilding
Philip Wilding
Empire Magazine

While hardly groundbreaking, this is smart, amusing post-pub viewing.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
04/24/09
Tom Huddlestone
Tom Huddlestone
Time Out

Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel is, unashamedly, a Mini Cooper of a film: small but nippy.

Full Review Source: Times [UK] | comment Comment
04/24/09
Dominic Wells
Dominic Wells
Times [UK]

This is the worst film of the week, a dire British comedy, to which the only honest response is to soil and then set fire to the Union flag in the foyer of your local cinema.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
04/24/09
Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]

What do you get if you take Shaun Of The Dead, subtract the zombies and add time travel? Sadly, not Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel.

Full Review Source: Little White Lies | comment Comment
04/24/09
Alexander Pashby
Alexander Pashby
Little White Lies

This engaging comedy feels like a stretched-out TV pilot, but is nicely put together, with enough laughs to make a refreshing change from usual Brit film fare..

Full Review Source: Sunday Mirror [UK] | comment Comment
04/24/09
Mark Adams
Mark Adams
Sunday Mirror [UK]

A British “comedy” which is stuck in the past, a time when someone mixing up Star Wars and Star Trek was a gag.

Full Review Source: Sun Online | comment Comment
04/24/09
Sun Online

The film resembles nothing so much as an indifferent and wildly over-stretched episode of space sitcom Red Dwarf.

Full Review Source: Financial Times | comment Comment
04/24/09
Karl French
Karl French
Financial Times

One or two amusing moments, but not sustainable for 90 minutes.

Full Review Source: Independent | comment Comment
04/24/09
Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn
Independent

Enjoyable comedy with likeable characters, several witty one-liners and an engaging plot, but you can't help feeling they could have done a lot more with the premise.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
04/24/09
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

Sub-Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy rubbish.

Full Review Source: News of the World | comment Comment
04/24/09
Robbie Collin
Robbie Collin
News of the World

"HOW hard can it be to make a film that doesn't suck?" asks bitter wannabe-screenwriter Toby early on. Anyone stumbling out of this latest Britcom would be forgiven for wondering the same thing, given that it sucks like a black hole.

Full Review Source: Scotsman | comment Comment
04/24/09
Alistair Harkness
Alistair Harkness
Scotsman
 
 
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