The Time Traveler's Wife | 
| Director: Robert Schwentke
Actors: Rachel McAdams, Eric Bana, Arliss Howard, Ron Livingston
Studio: New Line
Category: DVD
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Rating:  69 reviews
Sales Rank: 103
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, Subtitled, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 107 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 1000095233
UPC: 794043132353
EAN: 0794043132353
ASIN: B001HN69C2
Theatrical Release Date: January 1, 2009
Release Date: February 9, 2010
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Product Description
A ROMANTIC DRAMA ABOUT A CHICAGO LIBRARIAN WITH A GENE THAT CAUSES HIM TO INVOLUNTARILY TIME TRAVEL, AND THE COMPLICATIONS IT CREATES FOR HIS MARRIAGE.
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A genuinely old-fashioned Hollywood romance with a science fiction angle, The Time Traveler's Wife stars Eric Bana as Henry DeTamble, a Chicago librarian with a genetic disorder causing him to travel through time involuntarily. The screenplay by Bruce Joel Rubin (My Life), based on a novel by Audrey Niffenegger, incorporates some of those crazy paradoxes that are a part of time-travel fiction, but without beating one over the head. Take Henry's introduction to his future wife, Clare (Rachel McAdams), who tells him they've already met even though they haven't actually met. Brain teasers, however, are not what The Time Traveler's Wife is about. In a quite haunting way, the story really concerns what it means to know and love someone at every phase of his or her life. The fact that Henry's life, from Clare's perspective, is hardly linear--he can disappear and turn back up again at different ages--means that she must cherish what is essential about him. Which doesn't mean the couple is immune to periods of unhappiness, including a painful sequence about trying to bear a child--perhaps a child that might also carry the time-traveling gene. While there is nothing particularly exciting stylistically about The Time Traveler's Wife, in many ways it has the simple charms and clear emotions of a 1940s weepie assigned by a studio to one of its journeyman, contract directors. (The film was directed by Flightplan's Robert Schwentke.) A couple of supporting players, Arliss Howard (as Henry's father) and Ron Livingston (as Henry's friend), provide even more reason to recommend this movie as a satisfying experience. --Tom Keogh
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 Great movie! September 20, 2009
Stephen Ashley (Florida, USA)
38 out of 43 found this review helpful
Review from my wife: It was so compelling and well done, and both my husband and I enjoyed this movie tremendously. The story line was intersting, the characters were really well developed and you really care about them. The acting was excellent, and we found ourselves really pulled in throughout the entire movie.
Contrary to some of the reviews I read, this movie was easy to follow. I don't understand what the problem was. I had never read the book, yet it was completely clear what was going on. I don't get why anyone would have had a problem. Also, there was nothing strange or wrong about the traveller visiting the younger version of his love interest. It was very innocent. One reviewer's mention that there was no plausible explanation for the lead's time travel abilities doesn't make sense to me. There was a very sufficient and even detailed explanation given in the movie. Keep in mind that we're dealing with a fiction scifi story here, and it was plenty adequate. I found I was able to buy into the concept and really immerse myself, and ultimately I enjoyed the story very much.
This is a really fine movie, and I'd recommend that anyone who enjoys scifi, time travel or romance view this.
Heartfelt, Touching Adaptation of The Best-Selling Novel September 7, 2009
Terence Allen (Atlanta, GA USA)
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
"The Time Traveler's Wife," based on the best-seller novel by Audrey Niffenegger, is a beautifully realized, poignant romance that makes the viewer thing a lot about love, time, space, devotion, and many other lofty topics.
Eric Bana plays, Henry, a librarian who has a genetic disorder that causes him to randomly travel in time without any notice. He arrives and returns from his travels naked, and has no control over when he leaves and returns. His travels find him at various ages, reliving events like the death of his opera-singer mother in a car accident, or experiencing events for the first time, like getting to know a young girl name Clair. When he is in his late twenties, Clair, who is exactly twenty(played by Rachel McAdams),finds him. At this point, he doesn't know her, but she has known him since she was a little girl.
The rest of film details a relationship fraught with the unknown. Henry leaves and returns without any warning, takes a few close friend into his confidence regarding his secret, struggles to maintain a romance, then a marriage with Clair, and struggles to start a family and remain hopeful, knowing that the future is uncertain and likely to remain unstable.
Bana and McAdams are wonderful in the roles of Henry and Clair. This movie wouldn't work at all unless the characters were perfectly played, had chemistry, and were able to make you focus on the struggle of their relationship rather than the fantasy element of their problem. But the skill of the story is that time traveler ends up being such a perfect metaphor for the uncertainty and difficulties of romantic relationships.
This movie is wonderfully moving in ways that have to be experienced rather than described.
Really enjoyed it . . . very pleasantly surprised. February 17, 2010
David W. Condon (Atlanta, GA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
My wife wanted to see it but I really didn't want to because of the title of the movie and because of the previews. I gave in and we watched it together . . . I absolutely loved it. I was hooked from the very opening scene in the car where Henry visits himself. I realize and agree that it does break some of the "rules" for time-traveling for sci-fi fans. I am a big sci-fi fan and it really didn't bother me that much. This movie is not really designed to be a sci-fi movie; it just introduces enough of the sci-fi element to keep you intrigued. The power of emotions of this movie is what makes it work. The actors are excellent and the entire concept of the book/movie is interesting. I can elaborate much more upon the story, but I will choose not to as to prevent any spoilers for anyone who has not seen it or read the book. I actually do have one grievance against the movie. Make it a bit longer and give more plot development. Otherwise, it was great.
Love is timeless February 19, 2010
Francis Omware
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This movie was a blind buy for me. Wathched it with my to be wife and we really enjoyed it. This movie has a great plot and the storyline is well constructed. 5 stars from me
Beautiful * Haunting * Mesmerizing * February 22, 2010
H. L. Logan (CA, USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This film stayed with me long after I saw it in a movie theatre and I had to own it on Blu-ray. I listened to Mychael Danna's haunting movie score while I waited for my DVD. The music is gorgeous and I highly recommend that as well. What I love most about this film is its subtlety. It's not a connect-the-dots story as is so common in American films, but it isn't difficult to follow either. It's very clear. You know going in that this is about a Time Traveler and his wife and that's all you need to know. Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams are perfect, beautiful, true, subtle. I love everything about this film: story, performances, design, music and magical elements. The film's color palette is sepia tones and shadows which fits the subject and helps create a dream-like atmosphere. Kudos to the author, Audrey Niffenegger, for creating this marvelous, inventive story, and congratulations to the director, Robert Schwentke, for interpreting it so beautifully cinematically. I will cherish my copy and watch it again and again, I have no doubt.
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