The creator of Love
Actually has his follow up, and it’s About
Time.
Richard Curtis, who
wrote the screenplays for Four Weddings and a Funeral and Notting
Hill and was the writer/director of Love Actually, uses time travel
as an unusual storytelling device for this new romantic comedy.
The poster suggests a
romantic love story, and there is a
sweet romance between the leads Tim (Domhall Gleeson) and Mary (Rachel
McAdams), but the more heartfelt story involves the relationship between Tim and
his father (Bill Nighy).
Still, this is more of a
movie about life than it is about love. And the life lesson that follows
the wandering time travel and romantic love stories packs a huge wallop. So
much so, I completely have to recommend this film.
Simply
put: Close your eyes, clench your fists and
go see this (ultimately) inspiring film.
Award
potential: It has some potential for a
few Golden Globe Comedy nominations I suppose, but this is not an Academy Award level
film.
The ten
buck review: Worth ten bucks.
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