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Inside Our Movies: About Time (2013)
By Jim Bryson
Time travel is a
difficult tool to use when one is making
film. In all the time travel movies that I
love there are always little slips, things
that don’t work, plot holes. The best
films of this genre are able to make these
holes much smaller. Although About
Time (2013) does not avoid the potholes
of time travel it is still a heart warming
story about love and the meaning of life.
About Time (2013) is a story
of a young English man, Tim, who is
told by his eccentric father on his 21 st
birthday that all the men in their family
can time travel throughout their personal
timeline/memory. Very quickly he and
the film writers tell you that this power is
to be used for love. You know, because
this is a romantic comedy, so...
Tim meets a beautiful American
girl, Mary, and immediatly falls in
love. It does take Tim a little while to
understand his new time traveling power
and he finds that he can change history
by his actions. His love story and his
eventual discovery of the meaning of life
and the best way to live
it are at the heart of this
story.
About
Time
(2013) is directed by
Richard Curtis, a Kiwi
film director best know for
Love Actually (2003) and
Notting Hill (1999) both
of which are fine examples
of both the Romantic
Comedy
genre
and
English/British film.
This film stars Domhall
Gleeson
(Tim)
and
Rachal McAdams (Mary),
the token “American”
character.
Supporting
roles are carried quite
well by Bill Nighy and Lindsay Duncan
as Tim’s parents. I was particularly
suprised to see a 23 year old Margo
Robbie looking very different than she
did in her next film, Wolf of Wall Street
(2013).
The acting in this film is very
fine. All the actors that I’ve mentioned
give stand out performances. Richard
same vein, there are plot
turns that can catch the
viewer unaware if you are
not paying attention.
Although the acting,
directing, editing and sound
track of this film are all
steller, I couldn’t help but
get hung up on the glaring
inconsistencies in the story
that stem from the concept
of time travel. Even so,
if you enjoy time travel
stories or are in the mood
for a sweet romatic story,
and are willing to look past
a few minor details, you
might give this film a try.
Quite frankly, if I had
the power to change my own timeline
I think I might go back and watch a
different film. Fortunately, there are
lots of other films, many much better,
available at our local Vernonia Library.
Curtis did the best job any director could
have done with this script, after all he did
write it himself. However, time travel
is a tricky thing to write. And there are
inconsistencies with Tim’s timeline as
he navigates his personal history. In the
Where Do You Read the Voice?
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