
Due to a genetic disorder, handsome librarian Henry DeTamble involuntarily zips through time, appearing at various moments in the life of his true love, the beautiful artist Clare Abshire.
Release Date: 8/14/2009
Runtime: 107 minutes
Languages: English
Director: Robert Schwentke
Budget: $39.0M
Revenue: $101.3M
Companies: New Line Cinema, Plan B Entertainment, Nick Wechsler Productions
Countries: United States of America
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_**Reverent drama/romance/fantasy with McAdams and Bana**_ A young woman (Rachel McAdams) meets a man in a Chicago library (Eric Bana) and recognizes him as the man she loves who has traveled back in time from his future to meet her as a girl. Can their relationship handle the stress of him suddenly disappearing without warning and the complications thereof? “The Time Traveler’s Wife” (2009) is a drama/romance with a sci-fi element comparable to “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” (2004). Like that film, it can be mind-boggling, but both Bana and McAdams make it worthwhile and there are thought-provoking & moving parts. Eric is masculine and charismatic here, really showing off his talents, while Rachel shines as one of the most uniquely beautiful women to walk the earth. Also check her out in the underrated “The Lucky Ones” (2008). The ending shows that the real problem in America is old, white, gun-toting Republicans. (rolling my eyes). Now we’re talking fantasy. The film runs 1 hour, 47 minutes, and was shot in Toronto, Hamilton & Chalk Lake, Ontario, Canada, with establishing shots of Chicago. GRADE: B-/B

Eric Bana
Henry DeTamble

Rachel McAdams
Clare Abshire

Arliss Howard
Richard DeTamble

Ron Livingston
Gomez

Stephen Tobolowsky
Dr. Kendrick

Michelle Nolden
Annette DeTamble

Jane McLean
Charisse
Hailey McCann
Alba at Nine and Ten

Tatum McCann
Alba at Four and Five

Brooklynn Proulx
Clare at Six and Eight

Alex Ferris
Henry at Six

Brian Bisson
Mark Abshire
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