This thoroughness may impress fans of the bestseller source novel, but will disappoint anyone looking for transport from a movie -- being a time traveler's wife, it turns out, is mostly a drag.
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08/11/09
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
I'm someone who cries at commercials, yet this incessantly romantic love story left me curiously cold.
08/11/09
Schwentke's romantic melodrama obeys no dramatic rules or narrative logic, desperately striving for the erotic appeal of The Notebook (Rachel McAdams' hit) and the supernatural mystery of Ghost, which Oscar-winning scribe Rubin also penned.
08/11/09
Combining elements of sweepingly romantic time travel movies like Somewhere In Time and the supernatural swoon of Ghost, this first-rate and spellbinding drama is out to prove true love can overcome any obstacle—in this world or the next.
08/10/09
In the final analysis the film fails to make much sense at all.
08/10/09
Fairly irresistible nonsense.
08/10/09
Bana and McAdams make you feel the pain and the ultimate acceptance of their dilemma but never convey the magic that allows the couple to persevere through such a grand but trying love.
08/10/09
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