I wasn’t expecting this to be a very good movie but I was wrong. This movie is based on Audrey Niffenegger’s 2003 novel of the same name. It’s a love story, it has a scientific element in it and it also shows the strain which is caused by distance in relationship.
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Henry has a genetic disorder because of which he time travels but he does not have any control over it. He doesn’t know when he’ll be travelling or where he will be arriving. He is naked when he arrives back in time or in the future. He steals cloths form the first person he meets and money form someone and waits to travel back into the present. In these travels he meets his mother and Clare, who is his future wife.
Henry first meets Clare when she was a child and Clare is madly in love with him since then…. In the present Henry proposes her and she agrees to marry him but he again time travels and Henry from the future attends the wedding again the Henry form future time travels leaving Clare alone on the wedding night…….. the unannounced time travelling creates a strain in their relationship but they love each other very much for it to cause any real problem. Clare miscarries two times leading to the suspicion if the baby is also has the time travelling genetic disorder. The third time the baby is born and they name her Alba. Henry come to know form his daughter Alba who is also a time traveller but has control over where she goes that he is going to die when she is turns 5.
Eric Bana does brilliant acting and he keeps the story emotionally tense throughout. The chemistery between Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams is great and worth watching. Even the supporting artists have played their part well.
The movie’s picturesque cinematography, the well put together story and the brilliant acting makes every second of the movie enjoyable. You hope that Henry finds some way to survive….. The movie has a bittersweet ending but then every movie cannot have a happy ever after ending.
