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Somewhere in Time (1980)

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Reviews Counted:16

Fresh:10

Rotten:6

Average Rating:5.8/10

Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: "Come back to me." These were the strange words uttered by aged actress Elise McKenna to playwright Richard Collier, and they have haunted him ever since. When he hears that Elise has died, an... "Come back to me." These were the strange words uttered by aged actress Elise McKenna to playwright Richard Collier, and they have haunted him ever since. When he hears that Elise has died, an irresistible impulse leads him to travel to the historic hotel where she lived. There he discovers an old photograph of Elise and realizes, to his amazement, that in another life he was once her lover. Richard wills himself into the past and meets Elise again, now young and beautiful and acclaimed. Their romance blossoms anew, but not even true love can defeat the power of time... [More]

Starring: Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, Christopher Plummer, Teresa Wright

Starring: Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, Christopher Plummer, Teresa Wright

Director: Jeannot Szwarc

Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Screenwriter: Richard Matheson
Producer: Stephen Deutsch
Composer: John Barry

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Jan 3, 2010

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A charming, witty, passionate romantic drama about a love transcending space and time, Somewhere In Time is an old-fashioned film in the best sense of that term.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
12/10/07
Variety Staff
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Jeannot Szwarc does well in the director's chair, and Jean-Pierre Dorleac (brother of Francoise) deserves special commendation for his costumes. But Seymour is given too little to do, and Reeve does too much.

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12/10/07
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Director Jeannot Szwarc strains hard for spectacular visual effects, though he's barely able to compose a competent close-up.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
12/10/07
Dave Kehr
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This must go down as a missed opportunity.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment 1 Comment
02/09/06
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07/21/05
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04/03/05
Jonathan R. Perry
Jonathan R. Perry
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)

The movie surrounds its love story with such boring mumbo jumbo about time travel that we finally just don't care.

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10/23/04
Roger Ebert
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Chicago Sun-Times
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The [Grand H]otel and Mackinac [Island] are spectacularly lovely, but fail to give substance to this ephemeral endeavor.

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08/30/04
Vincent Canby
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05/28/04
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02/13/04
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07/26/02
Scott Weinberg
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Above all, this film captures a romantic part of the imagination that is often left unexplored.

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02/13/01
Ryan Cracknell
Ryan Cracknell
Apollo Guide

Assuredly affirms that love is a force to which the laws of the universe cannot apply

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01/01/00
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