Movie: Time Travelers Wife

**Retriever Mama** · 03-10-2010, 09:59 AM

Starring Rachel MacAdams and Eric Bana

Henry has a genetic anomaly that causes him to randomly time travel. He phases in and out, usually at the most inopportune times. He's pretty much isolated himself and works in a library. And then he meets Claire, a pretty young college student, who declares that she has known him all her life and is in love with him. But this is the first time he's ever met her.

Still with me?

First for those of you who have read the book...its different. Its been a while since I read it, but they change the order of the storyline around to make it more comprehensible to those who haven't read the book. And they leave a lot of stuff out. But .... hidden text follows: I totally sobbed through the last 1/2 hour of the movie. Loudly. I completely forgot about the scene at the museum and then pretty much lost it from there .

However...I think it was a good movie. You understood what was going on and they hit most of the important moments. The casting of young Claire was just perfect. I was unsure of the casting of MacAdams - she seems to be the go-to actress for all these films - but once again I found her to be just right. Eric Bana took me longer to get used to...it wasn't till you see the older Henry that I realized he was a good fit.

You're never going to enjoy a movie as much as you loved a book like this one...but I did like it.

4 STARS

**zoezoe** · 03-13-2010, 07:59 PM

saw it in the theatre and thought it was good.

**Jan** · 01-01-2011, 02:00 PM

I read the book awhile back, and recently saw the movie on TV. I really liked both, and think the movie was fairly true to the book. I'm glad I was in the privacy of my own home! .. bittersweet though ...hidden text! (him realizing his future, and his daughter meeting him after he'd died). It was funny too, though, I was amused about how she got pregnant