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The Time Traveler's Wife

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The Time Traveler's Wife

PG-13

Released Aug 14, 2009

1h 47m

Romance

Drama

Sci-Fi

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Chicago librarian Henry De Tamble (Eric Bana) suffers from a rare genetic disorder that causes him to drift uncontrollably back and forth through time. On one of his sojourns, he meets the love of his life, Claire (Rachel McAdams), and they marry. But the problems and complexities of any relationship are multiplied by Henry's inability to remain in one time and place, so that he and his beloved are continually out of sync.

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Though it may satisfy fans of the novel, The Time Traveler's Wife's plot contrivances and illogical narrative hamper its big screen effectiveness.

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Candice Frederick

Reel Talk Online

But I should say, if you take out the part about the dumb premise, the acting is quite good--it almost makes you forget you're watching the big screen version of the tv show "Quantum Leap."

Rated: C-

Sep 12, 2017

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Nell Minow

Movie Mom

Rated: C

Feb 18, 2012

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David Fear

Time Out

That the actors can pull off such Oprah-friendly, sci-fi-inflected sap and keep straight faces is the most fantastic thing about this loopy love story.

Rated: 2/5

Nov 18, 2011

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

It's far too breezy to be taken seriously and way too creepy to ever allow an audience to surrender to the romance.

Rated: 2.5/4.0

Sep 26, 2020

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Kevin Carr

7M Pictures

The Time Traveler's Wife is a chick flick all around, and fans of the chick flick genre are going to eat this movie up.

Rated: 3/5

Jul 21, 2012

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Dave White

Movies.com

The movie also introduces the concept of time-traveling fetuses, yet we're never treated to this in any visual way.

Rated: 2/5

Apr 4, 2011

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Faiz D

A really good romantic drama.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

05/13/25

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Nghi N

The characters are fun and it's an interesting concept on family love, but I can not get over how the manipulation and creepiness is played to be good.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

04/16/25

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Cavanagh W

I actually kinda enjoyed this movie. it was kinda creepy and manipulative how the guy kisses the rachel mcadams when she was like 15, but oh well. Also kinda weird that rachel mcadams has played a character in not one but two time travel romantic movies.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/13/25

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Tammy M

I loved it! I gave The Time Traveler’s Wife 5 Stars. Definitely a chick-flick romance, but a good one. An old--fashioned movie with an excellent plot, acting and a surprise ending.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/06/24

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Emanuel Ambrussala c

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/05/24

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Peter G

The 2 star rating is really only justified by the nice chemistry between the 2 main characters. Otherwise this is one of the most awkward & ill logical films to employ time travel that I have ever witnessed. The movies romantic atmosphere certainly has its heart in the right place initially but as it labors on becomes nonsensical in its plot progression to the point that the temporary reunion at the end makes no sense whatsoever. Bana’s character is dead already so even allowing for him to appear, through his daughter’s consciousness, is simply absurd & violates any of the shaky so called rules regarding time travel. His daughter, even with the similar ˋgifts‘ that her dad possessed, cannot bring him back to life even temporarily, from the past presumably. She would have to travel back in time as he constantly did, if he were still alive & this remains an uncertain option at best. I am a little curious to read the original novel all this is based on but not if it has the same gaping Grand Canyon loopholes present in the film.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

08/18/24

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Synopsis

Chicago librarian Henry De Tamble (Eric Bana) suffers from a rare genetic disorder that causes him to drift uncontrollably back and forth through time. On one of his sojourns, he meets the love of his life, Claire (Rachel McAdams), and they marry. But the problems and complexities of any relationship are multiplied by Henry's inability to remain in one time and place, so that he and his beloved are continually out of sync.

Director: Robert Schwentke
Producer: Nick Wechsler, Dede Gardner
Screenwriter: Bruce Joel Rubin
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Production Co: Plan B Entertainment, Nick Wechsler
Rating: PG-13 (Nudity|Brief Disturbing Images|Sexuality|Thematic Elements)
Genre: Romance, Drama, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 14, 2009, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 2, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA): $63.4M
Runtime: 1h 47m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS

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