The Time Traveler's Wife

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  • Opened August 14, 2009 
  • 1 hr 47 min
  • PG-13 | thematic elements, brief disturbing images, nudity and sexuality

  • Parents: Common Sense Media says OK for kids 15+. More on child suitability

  • 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 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 forever out of sync. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Rachel McAdams, Eric Bana, Arliss Howard, Ron Livingston, Stephen Tobolowsky
  • Director: Robert Schwentke
  • Genres: Drama, Romance

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by Justacravat

It was boring. I'm not a big one for romances, so others may like it. It just didn't hold my attention long and it was too predictable....

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San Francisco Chronicle
| Mick LaSalle

It would really help to get into the right frame of mind before seeing The Time Traveler's Wife, because viewed from some angles - maybe most angles - the movie is ridiculous. Read full review

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Entertainment Weekly
| Owen Gleiberman

Bana and McAdams are sweet together, with matching dimples and starry eyes, and we grow eager to see them remain in the same place. In the end, that's all there is to the movie, really. It's a time-travel fantasy in search of a cozy love seat. Read full review

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Boston Globe
| Ty Burr

At its best, The Time Traveler’s Wife does suggest the preciousness of a life that’s too often beyond our control. At its worst, it’s more than a little nuts. Read full review

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The Hollywood Reporter
| Kirk Honeycutt

German-born director Robert Schwentke ("Flightplan") keep things moving briskly enough so that the leaps in time mostly obscure the leaps in logic. Read full review

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Rachel McAdams as Clare Abshire and Eric Bana as Henry DeTamble in "The Time Traveler's Wife."