Synopsis
The night after another unsatisfactory New Year's party, Tim's father tells his son that the men in his family have always had the ability to travel through time. They can't change history, but they can change what happens and has happened in their own lives. Thus begins the start of a lesson in learning to appreciate life itself as it is, as it comes, and most importantly, the people living alongside us.
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Cast
- Domhnall GleesonTim Lake
- Rachel McAdamsMary
- Bill NighyDad
- Tom HollanderHarry
- Margot RobbieCharlotte
- Lydia WilsonKit Kat
- Lindsay DuncanMum
- Richard CorderyUncle D
- Joshua McGuireRory
- Will MerrickJay
Recommendations
- 80
Empire
More than just a time-travel rom-com, this is a movie that asks you questions and doesn’t sugar-coat as many of the answers as you’d expect. Smart and sweet, funny and genuinely moving. Should probably come with a ‘there’s something in my eye’ warning. - 70
Variety
Curtis ends up making a virtue out of the narrative’s episodic quality, a tendency that’s been criticized in his previous work; the film, like life, is just one damn thing after another, and that’s really the rather lovely point. - 63
Slant Magazine
A surprisingly thoughtful romantic comedy that shirks a great deal of reason and consequence in the name of love. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
There are just enough laugh-out-loud moments here to excuse the lurches into shameless, tear-jerking sentimentality. - 60
The Telegraph
About Time is itself a film less directed than quilted: it’s a feathery old patchwork under which you might snuggle at the end of a tiring week. - 50
Film.com
Then Bill Nighy shows up and is awesome and punches you in the heart. It ultimately feels like a cheat, and while there won’t be a dry eye in the house, it won’t be earned. - 50
New York Magazine (Vulture)
About Time is like a sermon that starts with a few good jokes and ends with tremulous exhortations to live, live. - 40
The Guardian
Curtis's heart is in the right place. In fact, it's all over the place – front and centre and backlighting the whole thing with a benevolent glow. But it is hard not to watch this, read the news that it will probably be his last as a director, and look to the future.
