About Time

I was blown away by this movie... It had me smiling like a little kid at times, tears streaming down my face at others... the part where he realised he could never go back and see his dad every again had me bawling like a kid as it struck a chord with me for very personal reasons. I hadn't even heard of it, read the blurb and took a chance as I like McAdams and Nighy but had never heard of the main character before. It's hard to put into words how wonderful this film is, the first time you watch it is like a breath of fresh air, that first smell/taste of the sea as you near the coast after a long trip. It's a powerful love story with a sci-fi twist that is just accepted as fact, so much that the whole time travel element of it is glossed over as something that simply happens... it's sci-fi only in the fact that time travel is part of the story... This is a love story through and through and I found it utterly endearing. However... what makes it so wonderful is also it's achilles heel. For me at least, it's repeat viewing value is extremely limited. You will never get that joyful feeling when watching it for the second time, in the same way that watching the Sixth Sense, or Seven Pounds...once it's over the entire meaning of the movie once known and seen cannot be recreated. That it's it's greatest achievement and failure at the same time... and I for one am saddened by that. A movie that gave me such pleasure and pain and left me feeling good in the end... can never do that again. It's that one thing that stops me giving this movie a perfect 10. Why are you still reading this... go and watch it now.