If you positively drenched Kurt Vonnegut's novel Slaughterhouse Five in goo, you might get something like The Time Traveler's Wife.
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08/19/09
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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
Wears on one's wits with its senseless hokum and dour melodramatics.
08/19/09
By the end, I finally cared about Henry and Clare. But I wish the filmmakers had pulled me in about an hour and a half sooner.
08/18/09
OK, sometimes the movie gets really weird, but overall it's a very entertaining escapist sci-fi romance%u2014and these days that's a rare event.
08/18/09
Buy the book.
08/18/09
Loved McAdams, but Bana was miscast. Still the romantics will love this movie
08/17/09
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.
08/17/09
Top CriticThe Time Traveler's Wife works when it embraces the magic of its concept, not when it remains tethered to the reality of its execution.
08/17/09
It's a really solid date movie that should give everyone a little something of what they are looking for.
08/17/09
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.
08/17/09
I thought really very little in the film worked.
08/17/09
Silly sci-fi tosh that tries to play itself out as a serious and heart-rending love story, but Ghost it ain’t.
08/17/09
It's even more inane and sitting up begging to be loved than Benjamin Button.
08/17/09
In a pretty disappointing summer, I was surprised at how smart, involving and Sci-Fi geeky cool this was.
08/16/09
Don't expect The Notebook.
08/16/09
The Time Traveler's Wife drags so much that you will wish you could be a time traveler and speed past the slow spots %u2014 and it's all slow spots.
08/16/09
Some books translate well to the screen. Others don't. This creepy, convoluted, frustrating chick-flick falls into the latter category.
08/16/09
Don't make time for this mess of a weeper.
08/16/09
This is not a chick flick but one that will resonate with more mature audiences.
08/15/09
Solid love story that could have reached extraordinary limits, but fails early on.
08/15/09
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