It's beautifully crafted and endearingly old-fashioned all the way; an alluring soap opera for those who like to dive into the deep end of the syrup pool.
CommentJun 2, 2010
The Time Traveler's Wife (2009)
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Reviews Counted:151
Fresh:56
Rotten:95
Average Rating:5.1/10
Consensus: Though it may satisfy fans of the novel, The Time Traveler's Wife's plot contrivances and illogical narrative hamper its big screen effectiveness.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating]
Runtime: 1 hr. 48 min.
Genre: Romance, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Drama
Theatrical Release: Aug 14, 2009 Wide
Box Office: $63.4M
Synopsis: A romantic drama about a Chicago librarian with a gene that causes him to involuntarily time travel, and the complications it creates for his... [More]
Starring: Rachel McAdams, Eric Bana, Arliss Howard, Ron Livingston
Director: Robert Schwentke
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REVIEWS FOR THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE
You can constantly feel The Time Traveler's Wife reaching for emotional depth, yet it never gets there.
Feb 10, 2010
With a dash of Benjamin Button and Back to the Future, this existential travelogue with supersized erotic separation anxiety issues, may leave viewers not in the mood for long distance time travel, simply with a case of lingering jet lag.
Feb 6, 2010
I kept doing what every fantasy should never allow one to do--question it every step of the way.
Feb 3, 2010
While the script could have done more to exploit Bana's sense of humour, it does profit from his directness. There are no false heroics.
Nov 5, 2009
Sure to hit the spot for anyone with an appetite for sweet, unselfconscious romantic fantasy.
Nov 5, 2009
Bana and McAdams do share a pleasant chemistry, but can never quite trump the dull and earnest nature of the material they are working with here.
Nov 5, 2009
This is undoubtedly Bana's best American performance and you can genuinely believe in Bana and McAdams as lovers who give the story its emotion.
Nov 5, 2009
A graceful, elegant love story, that carefully avoids quasi-science, time travelling philosophy or mills and boon style passionate embraces, focussing instead on the means by which two truly star crossed lovers cope with their unique lives together.
Nov 4, 2009
I don’t think the book is a masterpiece but the film is just plain disappointing.
Nov 4, 2009
Without any notion of what type of film it wants to be, The Time Traveller's Wife is neither funny nor charming, moving nor romantic.
Nov 4, 2009
The Time Traveller's Wife makes for an enjoyable enough movie experience, if all you are after is a few tears, a nice romance and a frequently naked Eric Bana; but viewers unfamiliar with the novel might be left wondering what all the fuss was about.
Nov 3, 2009
It's a complex and often confusing story as the two key characters weave in and out of different time zones, but somehow it works; no doubt due to terrific performances by Rachel McAdams and Eric Bana
Oct 31, 2009
O cineasta se sai bem ao desenvolver seus personagens e a trama sem permitir que a possibilidade do excesso de açúcar afunde o projeto.
Oct 16, 2009
I think the time travel is a metaphor for relationship problems, so it explored that. I just would have rather seen a time travel movie.
Sep 9, 2009
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Sep 9, 2009
Time travel trips up this Wife.
Aug 29, 2009
The Time Traveler's Wife is an effective romance film for the ladies with a patina of science fiction to woo their boyfriends into joining.
Aug 28, 2009
Good cast plus weak script equals so-so movie.
Aug 27, 2009
A fastidiously old-fashioned love story with sloppy, soppy existential ideas and more than enough droll narrative tricks to see it through to the end.
Aug 25, 2009
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