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Stephen Ashley |
Date: 2009-09-20
Review from my wife: It was so compelling and well done, and both my husband and I enjoyed this movie tremendously. The story line was intersting, the characters were really well developed and you really care about them. The acting was excellent, and we found ourselves really pulled in throughout the entire movie.
Contrary to some of the reviews I read, this movie was easy to follow. I don't understand what the problem was. I had never read the book, yet it was completely clear what was going on. I don't get why anyone would have had a problem. Also, there was nothing strange or wrong about the traveller visiting the younger version of his love interest. It was very innocent. One reviewer's mention that there was no plausible explanation for the lead's time travel abilities doesn't make sense to me. There was a very sufficient and even detailed explanation given in the movie. Keep in mind that we're dealing with a fiction scifi story here, and it was plenty adequate. I found I was able to buy into the concept and really immerse myself, and ultimately I enjoyed the story very much.
This is a really fine movie, and I'd recommend that anyone who enjoys scifi, time travel or romance view this.
Terence Allen |
Date: 2009-09-07
"The Time Traveler's Wife," based on the best-seller novel by Audrey Niffenegger, is a beautifully realized, poignant romance that makes the viewer thing a lot about love, time, space, devotion, and many other lofty topics.
Eric Bana plays, Henry, a librarian who has a genetic disorder that causes him to randomly travel in time without any notice. He arrives and returns from his travels naked, and has no control over when he leaves and returns. His travels find him at various ages, reliving events like the death of his opera-singer mother in a car accident, or experiencing events for the first time, like getting to know a young girl name Clair. When he is in his late twenties, Clair, who is exactly twenty(played by Rachel McAdams),finds him. At this point, he doesn't know her, but she has known him since she was a little girl.
The rest of film details a relationship fraught with the unknown. Henry leaves and returns without any warning, takes a few close friend into his confidence regarding his secret, struggles to maintain a romance, then a marriage with Clair, and struggles to start a family and remain hopeful, knowing that the future is uncertain and likely to remain unstable.
Bana and McAdams are wonderful in the roles of Henry and Clair. This movie wouldn't work at all unless the characters were perfectly played, had chemistry, and were able to make you focus on the struggle of their relationship rather than the fantasy element of their problem. But the skill of the story is that time traveler ends up being such a perfect metaphor for the uncertainty and difficulties of romantic relationships.
This movie is wonderfully moving in ways that have to be experienced rather than described.
David W. Condon |
Date: 2010-02-17
My wife wanted to see it but I really didn't want to because of the title of the movie and because of the previews. I gave in and we watched it together . . . I absolutely loved it. I was hooked from the very opening scene in the car where Henry visits himself. I realize and agree that it does break some of the "rules" for time-traveling for sci-fi fans. I am a big sci-fi fan and it really didn't bother me that much. This movie is not really designed to be a sci-fi movie; it just introduces enough of the sci-fi element to keep you intrigued. The power of emotions of this movie is what makes it work. The actors are excellent and the entire concept of the book/movie is interesting. I can elaborate much more upon the story, but I will choose not to as to prevent any spoilers for anyone who has not seen it or read the book. I actually do have one grievance against the movie. Make it a bit longer and give more plot development. Otherwise, it was great.
Francis Omware |
Date: 2010-02-19
This movie was a blind buy for me. Wathched it with my to be wife and we really enjoyed it. This movie has a great plot and the storyline is well constructed. 5 stars from me
H. L. Logan |
Date: 2010-02-22
This film stayed with me long after I saw it in a movie theatre and I had to own it on Blu-ray. I listened to Mychael Danna's haunting movie score while I waited for my DVD. The music is gorgeous and I highly recommend that as well. What I love most about this film is its subtlety. It's not a connect-the-dots story as is so common in American films, but it isn't difficult to follow either. It's very clear. You know going in that this is about a Time Traveler and his wife and that's all you need to know. Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams are perfect, beautiful, true, subtle. I love everything about this film: story, performances, design, music and magical elements. The film's color palette is sepia tones and shadows which fits the subject and helps create a dream-like atmosphere. Kudos to the author, Audrey Niffenegger, for creating this marvelous, inventive story, and congratulations to the director, Robert Schwentke, for interpreting it so beautifully cinematically. I will cherish my copy and watch it again and again, I have no doubt.
