What makes The Time Traveler's Wife work as drama, and certainly better than it might have, is an unhesitating emotional commitment on the part of the actors.
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08/14/09
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The Time Traveler's Wife (2009)
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Reviews Counted:148
Fresh:56
Rotten:92
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.
Theatrical Release:Aug 14, 2009 Wide
Box Office: $63,387,284
Synopsis: Based on the best-selling book about a love that transcends time. Clare has been in love with Henry her entire life. She believes they are destined to be together, even though she never knows... [More]
Starring: Rachel McAdams, Eric Bana, Ron Livingston, Arliss Howard
Director: Robert Schwentke
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Reviews for The Time Traveler's Wife
Top CriticI just wish the movie had found a way to show some laughter through its tears.
08/13/09
Like two hours on the Burma railway, heaving away at time/space conundrums, arch-to-soppy dialogue and tail-chasing plotting under the lash of distributors who put us in a crowded, no-escape cinema.
08/14/09
It's a really solid date movie that should give everyone a little something of what they are looking for.
08/17/09
Competent and well-cast, but it crams too much into the runtime and loses the elegance of the novel.
08/14/09
The book is richer, but this is a solid, endearing telling of the same essential story, and is well worth the price of admission for those who appreciate romantic fantasy.
08/13/09
Top CriticThe movie is earnest and flat, failing to even match the easy romantic escapism that made a blockbuster out of Twilight.
08/14/09
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.
08/25/09
Don't expect The Notebook.
08/16/09
The tasty nuggets of fun drown in all the soupy seriousness, but this time travel is sometimes an interesting ride.
08/14/09
I can be patient with a little romantic squishiness after such an engagingly written bounce around time with these two.
08/13/09
An agreeable time filler but not much more.
08/21/09
A dreary and poorly paced romantic drama with too many unintentionally laughable lines.
08/13/09
At times I was entertained, and even moved by it. It's just damn frustrating, as this could have been a MUCH better film
08/15/09
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.
08/28/09
The Time Traveler’s Wife is told with a tenderness that’s unusual in a major motion picture but that leads mostly to dullness.
08/13/09
Top CriticThere are certainly elements of the tragic here, but the film never quite delivers.
08/14/09
The unusual circumstances enable quite a bit of humor and mystery, but they also seriously cut down on the film's relevance.
08/14/09
Fairly irresistible nonsense.
08/10/09
Top CriticYou've got one obnoxious romance.
08/19/09
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