The Time Traveler's Wife
Clare (Rachel McAdams) has been in love with Henry (Eric Bana) her entire life. She believes they are destined to be together, even though she never knows when they will be separated: because Henry is a cheeky time traveler - cursed with a rare genetic anomaly that causes him to live his life on a shifting timeline, skipping back and forth through the years with no control. Despite the fact that Henry's travels force them apart with no warning, and never knowing when they will be reunited, Clare desperately tries to build a life with her true love
- Director:
- Robert Schwentke ('Flightplan')
- Writer:
- Bruce Joel Rubin
- Cast:
- Rachel McAdamsEric BanaRon LivingstonBrooklynn ProulxArliss HowardStephen Tobolowsky
Reviews & comments
better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick
i haven't read the book, but thought this was pretty good and didn't have any problems following the plot. i found it very moving, and enjoyed watching the beautiful mcadams as clare (although she was a little bit too gaga over henry at first - thank goodness that didn't last!). eric bana was pretty good for him. on the whole, not terribly thought-provoking...
Soppy, sappy and disappointing
Dragged hubbie to this after I had read the book some time ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. Now I owe him big and will probably have to sit through Terminator yet 2 again! This movie just seemed to skim over the novel's content. More interesting bits might have been included if a some of the endless kissing scenes were cut. I have no idea how people who...
Disappointing
I too have read this book multiple times. Two great actors but I really don't think they grasped the emotion and journey that was in the book. The movie seemed to fast forward through the storyline, missing huge chunks along the way including Henry's depression. If it didn't have two big (ish) names it would have been even worse. Like Claire said above,...
The Time Traveler's Wife
Well I have viewed the trailer and Clare (the wife) ends up waiting for him in any case by the looks of it even when Henry (the husband) said not to hehe .... Romantic in the sense that he gets drawn back to her when the story could have taken him anywhere else being the time traveler that David Bana's character (Henry) is ... it also looks like Rachael...
Variety
pressMay not make a lick of sense, but it does make for fairly irresistible nonsense.
Rolling Stone
pressI'd watch the vibrant Rachel McAdams and Eric Bana in anything, but The Time Traveler's Wife is pushing it.
Roger Ebert
pressThe warmth of the actors makes it surprisingly tender, considering the premise that is blatantly absurd. If you allow yourself to think for one moment of the paradoxes, contradictions and logical difficulties involved, you will be lost. The movie supports no objective thought.
New Zealand Herald
pressThe Time Traveller's Wife may not be particularly intelligent but it delivers some loveable characters, who should deliver the warm fuzzies, if not tears.
Hollywood Reporter
pressGerman-born director Robert Schwentke ("Flightplan") keep things moving briskly enough so that the leaps in time mostly obscure the leaps in logic.
Empire Magazine
pressCompetent and well-cast, but it crams too much into the runtime and loses the elegance of the novel.
Variety
pressMay not make a lick of sense, but it does make for fairly irresistible nonsense.
Rolling Stone
pressI'd watch the vibrant Rachel McAdams and Eric Bana in anything, but The Time Traveler's Wife is pushing it.
Roger Ebert
pressThe warmth of the actors makes it surprisingly tender, considering the premise that is blatantly absurd. If you allow yourself to think for one moment of the paradoxes, contradictions and logical difficulties involved, you will be lost. The movie supports no objective thought.
New Zealand Herald
pressThe Time Traveller's Wife may not be particularly intelligent but it delivers some loveable characters, who should deliver the warm fuzzies, if not tears.
Hollywood Reporter
pressGerman-born director Robert Schwentke ("Flightplan") keep things moving briskly enough so that the leaps in time mostly obscure the leaps in logic.
Empire Magazine
pressCompetent and well-cast, but it crams too much into the runtime and loses the elegance of the novel.
better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick
i haven't read the book, but thought this was pretty good and didn't have any problems following the plot. i found it very moving, and enjoyed watching the beautiful mcadams as clare (although she was a little bit too gaga over henry at first - thank goodness that didn't last!). eric bana was pretty good for him. on the whole, not terribly...
Soppy, sappy and disappointing
Dragged hubbie to this after I had read the book some time ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. Now I owe him big and will probably have to sit through Terminator yet 2 again! This movie just seemed to skim over the novel's content. More interesting bits might have been included if a some of the endless kissing scenes were cut. I have no idea how people who...
Disappointing
I too have read this book multiple times. Two great actors but I really don't think they grasped the emotion and journey that was in the book. The movie seemed to fast forward through the storyline, missing huge chunks along the way including Henry's depression. If it didn't have two big (ish) names it would have been even worse. Like Claire said...
The Time Traveler's Wife
Well I have viewed the trailer and Clare (the wife) ends up waiting for him in any case by the looks of it even when Henry (the husband) said not to hehe .... Romantic in the sense that he gets drawn back to her when the story could have taken him anywhere else being the time traveler that David Bana's character (Henry) is ... it also looks like Rachael...
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