About Time (2013)

[Rabelais]

About Time (2013)

IMDB says:

123 min - Drama | Fantasy | Romance
At the age of 21, Tim discovers he can travel in time and change what happens and has happened in his own life. His decision to make his world a better place by getting a girlfriend turns out not to be as easy as you might think.

Sounds like another smarmy coming-of-age flick... but its not. A brilliant production with some of the most likable characters I've seen in cinema in quite a while... and funny too. Produced by the BBC and shot in scenic coastal Cornwall and London.

A father takes his awkward son aside and explains the family secret that all of the men in the family have the ability to travel backward in time at will, how to do it and what the limitations of this gift are. Imagine the ability to go back and correct some of those regrettable moments in our lives when we said and did things that were insensitive or triggered sequences of events that had less than desirable outcomes... then to use this talent to the benefit of all in one's life.

This an entertainment film and a pleasant respite from some of the horrors of the current objective reality. Good clean fun, but it also deals with the more poignant situations of the human condition. Two thumbs up.

 

[Zadius Sky]

Re: About Time (2013)

There's a thread on this already:

https://cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php/topic,33858.0.html

I personally haven't seen it yet, but hopefully soon.

 

[Rabelais]

Re: About Time (2013)

There's a thread on this already:

https://cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php/topic,33858.0.html

I personally haven't seen it yet, but hopefully soon.

Arrgh... I always put the title of a film into the "search this topic", to make sure this doesn't happen, but that function was not working this morning. I waited for a few minutes while the search box at the bottom of the page ground on, but it produced no results. I should have fully scrolled the page first.

Thanks Zadius. I read through the other thread and found some of the critiques a bit harsh. This film was unique to me, and aside from the time travel factor had no real relationship to the other films with which it was compared. I have seen them all. As I said above it is strictly entertainment. To attempt to judge it on the basis of scientific credibility seems to me to miss the point.

Apologies. Mods please move this to the appropriate thread.

 

[Andrian]

I saw this movie too , it's beautiful,touching and moving,the actors are great but still the movie : the traveller's wife (with the same main actress) i liked more ;D .