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  • The Time Traveler's Wife
  • Opened August 14, 2009 | Runtime:1 hr. 48 min.
  • PG-13
    thematic elements, brief disturbing images, nudity and sexuality
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says OK for kids 15+. Read More
  • Chicago librarian Henry De Tamble 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 Read More
  • Cast: Rachel McAdams, Eric Bana, Arliss Howard, Ron Livingston, Stephen Tobolowsky
  • Director: Robert Schwentke
  • Genres: Romantic Drama, Drama, Supernatural Drama

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  • Rachel McAdams as Clare Abshire and Eric Bana as Henry DeTamble in "The Time Traveler's Wife."
  • Rachel McAdams and Eric Bana in "The Time Traveler's Wife."
  • Eric Bana as Henry and Rachel McAdams as Clare in "The Time Traveler's Wife."
  • Rachel McAdams as Clare and Eric Bana as Henry in "The Time Traveler's Wife."
  • Eric Bana as Henry in "The Time Traveler's Wife."
  • Director Robert Schwentke on the set of "The Time Traveler's Wife."
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The Time Traveler's Wife Recent Fan Reviews

  • So-so

    i soooo wanted to LOVE this movie

    by yelzalot

    I waited years for this movie to come out... YEARS! And as much as I wanted to LOVE it, I was sort of let down. :( I'm a HUGE fan of the book, so of course I had high expectations. I know that movies never do books justice, but I figured that since they had Eric Bana & Rachel McAdams, they could do no wrong. But I guess actors can't carry the weight of the entire movie on their shoulders alone... I don't know, maybe it was the awful score or the so-so directing, but there was something lacking in the movie. Don't get me wrong, Bana & McAdams were totally believable as Henry & Clare, but again... it's impossible to put the weight of the entire movie on them. I do know that the secondary characters did not play as big a role as they all should have, because in order to fully know the complexity of Clare & Henry you must know the other characters as well...

    There were some heart wrenching moments that got the waterworks going... But over all, I'd give the movie a C+, B- at best.

  • Must Go!

    Good movie about true love

    by FloridaMom48

    Yes I read the book and, no, the movie does not live up to the book. It irks me to no end when people complain that a movie does not have every scene or thought found in the book. Unless you want to spend 4-6 hours in the theater then you have to expect that any movie based on a book is going to be missing some items folks. They have to cut stuff out. If movies are to long then people complain about that. Enough said, now let's get to the movie itself.

    That being said, I felt that the movie version of Henry & Claire's love story was well done. True some things could have been better. But I came out of the theater feeling that my money had been well spent and how many movies can you say that about these days? Plus I took my 18 year old daughter with me, who originally did NOT want to go see this movie, and she LOVED it. I will say that my daughter guessed the ending well before I thought she would.

    Bana and McAdams were great and convincing. Do yourself a favor and go!

  • Go

    Just saw the film

    by SoCal_

    I read the book several years ago. My wife has not. I have been looking forward to seeing the film even though I'm usually disappointed when I have read the book first. This was not the case with this film. I think it is a very good story even with events and character development that was not included. Unless your heart has turned to stone, this story will touch you. My wife says to take tissue.

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So-so Avg. Critic Score out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

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  • 75
    San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle

    It would really help to get into the right frame of mind before seeing The Time...

  • 70
    Washington Post |

    What makes The Time Traveler's Wife work as drama, though, and certainly better...

  • 70
    Variety | Justin Chang

    May not make a lick of sense, but it does make for fairly irresistible nonsense.

  • 67
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    Bana and McAdams are sweet together, with matching dimples and starry eyes, and...

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