About Time (2013) (original) (raw)

Following yet another uneventful New Year's Eve Party, 21-year-old Tim learns a life-changing secret from his father. It seems that the men in Tim's family possess the unique ability to travel in time by simply entering a dark space, clenching their fists, and imaging the place they want to be. Armed with this knowledge, Tim decides to leave rural Cornwall behind and move to London to become a lawyer, and in the process, find love. All seems to be going well when he meets and falls for the dazzling Mary, using his newfound abilities to help win the day. But when a mishap in the time ...(more)

Following yet another uneventful New Year's Eve Party, 21-year-old Tim learns a life-changing secret from his father. It seems that the men in Tim's family possess the unique ability to travel in time by simply entering a dark space, clenching their fists, and imaging the place they want to be. Armed with this knowledge, Tim decides to leave rural Cornwall behind and move to London to become a lawyer, and in the process, find love. All seems to be going well when he meets and falls for the dazzling Mary, using his newfound abilities to help win the day. But when a mishap in the time travelling manoeuvre threatens his future happiness, Tim soon comes to realise that, above all else, it's how you live your life in the present that really matters. (less)

Director: Richard Curtis
Writer: Richard Curtis
Starring: Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams, Bill Nighy, Lydia Wilson, Lindsay Duncan, Richard Cordery
Producers: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Nicky Kentish Barnes, Richard Curtis, Liza Chasin, Amelia Granger

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Review by Brian Orndorf, October 31, 2013

9 / 10

Writer/director Richard Curtis is known for his comfortable cinema. The creator of �Love Actually� and the misfire �Pirate Radio,� Curtis has developed a filmmaking voice that�s sentimental, concerned with variances of feelings and relationships. �About Time� continues his journey as an architect of sensitivity, only here the warmth has a slightly sci-fi touch to it, concerning the impossible realm of time travel. Even though the picture has every opportunity to slip into the fantastical, it remains intimate and natural. Well, as natural as a Curtis movie can get. Unpredictable and heartbreaki ...read more...

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