The Time Traveller's Wife
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Though not a patch on Audrey Niffenegger's wonderfully romantic and fantastic source novel, the delayed adaptation from directo Robert Schwentke (Flightplan) is not the painful hatchet-job suggested by the TV commercials, sappy posters and internet scuttlebutt.
Shoehorned into 107 minutes, much of the novel's richness has been lost, while an appealing handful of supporting characters are left with little screentime. Oh, and the score is intrusive. And how about the way.....
All that said, the note-perfect casting of Eric Bana as time-travelling Henry and Rachel McAdams as his time-transcending life-love Clare are the movie's ace, both actors' conviction doing much to paper over the persistent flaws of Schwentke's adequate screen reading.
Plus, Time Travel Spouse fans, the story's unique treatment of love and loss still cannot fail to catch at the heart - even if it won't beat as fast or fiercely.
Liz Beardsworth
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Harry Georgatos
November 05, 2009
I was expecting manipulation of audience emotions with this film. Bana and McAdams have such a natural chemistry that I easily went along with the movie. Instead of being a cynical exercise in false emotions I was caught up in the story. The movie captures the complexities of time travelling within a family context that it had me intrigued till the end. A film worth watching.
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