I'd watch the vibrant Rachel McAdams and Eric Bana in anything, but The Time Traveler's Wife is pushing it.
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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 CriticRomance is robbed of its gamble, stripped of its suspense, shorn of its mystery, and deprived of an ending that feels earned.
08/14/09
There's not much [McAdams] or Bana can do to rescue this dreary piece of romantic hooey.
08/14/09
Top CriticIt takes, as its subjects, the sadness and grandeur of life and the mystery of time, and it offers a full experience to those who find its wavelength.
08/14/09
Top CriticThe soundtrack also adds a great deal to the film, but as a film, it just isn't a great deal.
08/14/09
The two stars make a great looking couple, and their characters seem to genuinely care about each other.
08/14/09
Suspend your disbelief and you might find The Time Traveler's Wife a charming if mildly depressing fantasy. Or you might, as I did, travel elsewhere during it. Either way, at least it's a picturesque journey.
08/14/09
Perhaps the book fills in the blanks and emotional beats, but this Wife isn't really worth your time or travel.
08/14/09
The fact that Bana is a bit of a cold fish and real sparks never really ignite between he and McAdams, who is 10 years his junior, doesn't help matters.
08/14/09
Where the movie really goes wrong is in issues of tone and pace, in decisions about what to leave out and what to keep in -- all of which falls at the director's feet.
08/14/09
The problem isn’t the timeline -- it’s everything else.
08/14/09
I'll let you in on a little secret that film critics have known for years. A major studio production, released in August with top-list stars, is almost certain to be a gobbler.
08/14/09
For viewers aching for a romantic drama that leaves them emotionally, honorably exhausted, this could prove a total immersion in star-crossed love, if not perfect synchronicity.
08/14/09
Top CriticIf you can get past the calendar gymnastics, The Time Traveler's Wife plays as an affecting allegory of love that persists even when the lover is gone.
08/14/09
Top CriticUneven book-based tearjerker is romantic but gloomy.
08/14/09
Often ridiculous, awkward, unsatisfying and dour melodramatic adaptation.
08/14/09
The movie moves at such an agonizingly stately pace that by the end, side effects be damned, Henry's time-traveling gene starts to look mighty appealing.
08/14/09
The Time Traveler's Wife tries to transcend time and place, but it ultimately becomes bogged down in details.
08/14/09
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.
08/14/09
Top CriticIf you can willingly suspend your disbelief at its premise, you will find yourself moved at this love story for the ages
08/14/09
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