About Time
From writer-director Richard Curtis (Love Actually) comes this time-travelling romantic comedy starring Domhnall Gleeson (Harry Potter’s Bill Weasley), Rachel McAdams and Bill Nighy. After another unsatisfactory New Year's Eve party, Tim (Gleeson) discovers he can travel in time. He decides to use the gift in pursuit of love and, in particular, the beautiful Mary (McAdams).
- Director:
- Richard Curtis ('The Boat That Rocked', 'Love Actually')
- Writer:
- Richard Curtis
- Cast:
- Domhnall GleesonRachel McAdamsBill NighyTom HollanderLydia WilsonLindsay Duncan
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Matt Glasby
flicksWe’ve all been to Richard Curtis World before: that idealised Middle England where rich people with huge houses and eccentric uncles play tennis on cliff-tops and laugh at rain. He’s as much a lifestyle brand as a filmmaker, and how much you enjoy his last work (he says) as writer/director depends on your tolerance for syrupy poshness.
Brilliant Humour
True to form Brit inspired humour, Bill Nighy delivers again with his signature style and minimalist brilliance! McAdams and Gleeson perform well together in a quirky yet believable love story that is a mixture of engineered genius on a time travellers part and charming wit that can inspire even the weakest of romantics in us all. A great...
Good for a girls night out to the movies
This movie is good if you feel like watching a movie that you can pretty much guess the ending by only watching the first 20mins and feel like having a good time enjoying the ride to the end. It was quite sweet though and had some good points to it. A wine or two before hand would make it even better!!
Variety
pressGleeson and McAdams have a radiant, believable chemistry that keeps the film aloft, while the other actors glide through effortlessly ...
Total Film
pressDitching the trademark forced theatrics, About Time finds Richard Curtis in more reflective mood. Don't expect a life-changer, but it's a pleasant shift of pace.
The Guardian
pressCurtis has managed to achieve the impossible. Specifically: he has gone back to 1993 and remade Groundhog Day with a ginger Hugh Grant.
Hollywood Reporter
pressThere are just enough laugh-out-loud moments here to excuse the lurches into shameless, tear-jerking sentimentality.
Empire Magazine
pressSmart and sweet, funny and genuinely moving. Should probably come with a 'there's something in my eye' warning.
Flicks, Matt Glasby
flicksWe’ve all been to Richard Curtis World before: that idealised Middle England where rich people with huge houses and eccentric uncles play tennis on cliff-tops and laugh at rain. He’s as much a lifestyle brand as a filmmaker, and how much you enjoy his last work (he says) as writer/director depends on your tolerance for syrupy poshness.
Variety
pressGleeson and McAdams have a radiant, believable chemistry that keeps the film aloft, while the other actors glide through effortlessly ...
Total Film
pressDitching the trademark forced theatrics, About Time finds Richard Curtis in more reflective mood. Don't expect a life-changer, but it's a pleasant shift of pace.
The Guardian
pressCurtis has managed to achieve the impossible. Specifically: he has gone back to 1993 and remade Groundhog Day with a ginger Hugh Grant.
Hollywood Reporter
pressThere are just enough laugh-out-loud moments here to excuse the lurches into shameless, tear-jerking sentimentality.
Empire Magazine
pressSmart and sweet, funny and genuinely moving. Should probably come with a 'there's something in my eye' warning.
Brilliant Humour
True to form Brit inspired humour, Bill Nighy delivers again with his signature style and minimalist brilliance! McAdams and Gleeson perform well together in a quirky yet believable love story that is a mixture of engineered genius on a time travellers part and charming wit that can inspire even the weakest of romantics in us all. A great...
Good for a girls night out to the movies
This movie is good if you feel like watching a movie that you can pretty much guess the ending by only watching the first 20mins and feel like having a good time enjoying the ride to the end. It was quite sweet though and had some good points to it. A wine or two before hand would make it even better!!
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