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The movie moves fast, as though to distract you from these shortcomings and the nearly total absence of logic.
I'm over the moon about this movie, which smooths out the psychological dissonances in Audrey Niffenegger's fine novel but is still an emotional workout.
Some fans of the book might enjoy seeing these two soul mates brought to life on the big screen, but for everyone else the interpretation seems forced and at times inconsistent.
I thought really very little in the film worked.
Long spans of time pass between lines of dialogue, many of which seem to have been inexpertly translated from a foreign language so that they almost make sense but not quite.
Maddeningly familiar and simultaneously unusual, "In Time" has an interesting perspective on how time will be spent in the future.
That the actors can pull off such Oprah-friendly, sci-fi-inflected sap and keep straight faces is the most fantastic thing about this loopy love story.
Actually, In Time's not that bad. It's just not that good, either.
The movie also introduces the concept of time-traveling fetuses, yet we're never treated to this in any visual way.
As it stands, The Time Traveler's Wife is decent evening's entertainment with an intriguing enough premise and some strong heart tugging to keep the women happy and the men from getting too bored.
A great leading couple and an interesting concept make The Time Traveler's Wife a romance worth remembering for its normality.
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.
You can constantly feel The Time Traveler's Wife reaching for emotional depth, yet it never gets there.
The movie is fraught with inconsistencies.... Far from making me shed a tear, it just made me mad. (Blu-ray Edition)
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.
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.
The book, as they say, is always better . . .
I kept doing what every fantasy should never allow one to do--question it every step of the way.
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.
Sure to hit the spot for anyone with an appetite for sweet, unselfconscious romantic fantasy.
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.
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.
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.
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