Monday, May 12, 2014

About Time (2013)

            I was a little skeptical of this movie. I thought it was going to be a ripoff of The Time Traveler’s Wife. They couldn’t even find a different female lead. It did, however, turn out to be quite a sweet story teaching a very powerful lesson in thoroughly enjoying every second of your life.
            The pacing was a little awkward at times, and there wasn’t nearly as much conflict as I would have liked. Everything went so perfect for the characters for most of the film, except at the end where (*Spoiler) Tim’s father dies from cancer. All of the other problems in Tim’s life, however, were easily fixed once he just went back in time. Seeing him get married and have kids was pretty boring; it was like watching one of those artsy, emotional commercials with perfect families. That just isn’t for me. I need more tension.
            I thought the script was very clever and beautiful, though, and the film dealt with time travel in a way I hadn’t seen before. It was a very cute movie but I highly doubt I will every watch it again.


IMDb rating: 7/10

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