I'm not particularly proud of many things in my life, but I am very proud to be the father of my son. And this is a kind man with a good heart. We all get old and tell the same tales too many times. I'd only give one piece of advice to anyone marrying. King, obviously, and this young man here. My dad was a frosty bugger so that only leaves dear Uncle Desmond, B.B. But, important first is to say the one big thing.
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Gleeson is charming and full of feeling, and we enjoy spending time with him as well. Nighy is so wonderful – urbane, reflective, kind, brave – that we wish he were in even more of the film than he is. There are a few rules involved with the time travel, but the film’s tone is very gentle – we’re not in the realm of THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT, nor even THE TIME TRAVELER’S WIFE (which, in addition to having a plot device similar to the one in ABOUT TIME, also starred McAdams as a woman married to, well, you know).ĭirector/writer Richard Curtis has a lot of wit and warmth, especially when he’s dealing with the father/son bond, which is where ABOUT TIME is at its richest.
He finds one in the person of American-in-London book editor Mary (Rachel McAdams), then uses his ability to find her and woo her. Tim wants a girlfriend more than anything. Dad advises against using it for money and for Tim to instead figure out what he really wants in life. Once Tim tests the information and finds it to be true, he naturally asks what one is supposed to do with the gift. They can change minor details, which never seem to affect history, so there’s no need to worry about this. It’s a limited power, as they can only travel backward, within their own lifetimes, and only to places they’ve already been. When Tim (Domhnall Gleeson) turns twenty-one, his Dad (Bill Nighy) tells him a peculiar secret – all of the men in their family can travel through time.
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It’s always agreeable and amusing – except when for its effective moments of melancholy and there are the trials and travails of dealing with life and love and time travel, but mostly, it’s a movie that urges us to live as though every day is worth experiencing twice, which is a tall order for those not dwelling within the charmed sphere of the characters here. There are moments – long stretches, even – when ABOUT TIME seems as though it’s perhaps too pleasant for its own good. Stars: Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams, Bill Nighy, Lydia Wilson, Lindsay Duncan, Tom Hollander