In Cornwall, Tim Lake lives a pleasant life with his family, but he is awkward with the girls and unlucky in love. At the age of 21, his father discloses a family secret to him, telling that the men in his family have the ability to travel in time. He makes a dicision to use his ability to find true love. When he moves to London to work as a lawyer, he falls in love with Mary and seduces her fixing his mistakes in the relationship. During his life, Tim uses his gift to fix not only his errors, but also in the lives of his relatives and friends.
31 July 1947, Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UK
12 December 1949, Caterham, Surrey, England, UK
1984, London, England, UK
10 May 1988, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
4 February 1952, Glens Falls, New York, USA
1936, Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK
June 22, 2016
If you have ever entertained the possibility of swimming against the current of your own time stream and remaking key choices therein, then you've likely put more thought into this premise than Curtis did.November 06, 2013
There's a lot of comic and fantasy potential here, but much of it gets squandered.November 05, 2013
To get to the parts that are un-terrible, you have to suffer through the most idiotic plot developments and ill-defined characters imaginable.December 10, 2013
Even in a work of science fiction like this, Gleeson seems beyond real. All those foam-faces being made in the dark? They're for him.November 05, 2013
You may as well check your cynicism at the door, because Curtis & Co. are going to find a way to trample all over it - adorably.May 12, 2014
"It's just so overflowing with ideas and characters that the main point it's trying to make nearly eludes it."November 16, 2013
If it feels like the mangled adaptation of a much richer and more rewarding novel, almost everything that is frustrating about the film is also counterbalanced by moments of thoughtfulness and insightfulness.July 20, 2015
[Gleeson] fully embodies Tim's affability, and the chemistry between him and Rachel is lovely. But even better is his chemistry with his on-screen dad, Bill Nighy.April 18, 2016
Young love provides the framework for About Time, the latest movie from writer-director Richard Curtis. But the heart of the film is a story about a boy, his father and the greatest gift they can give each other: their time.November 11, 2013
Some people will revel in this warm front of innocence; others will reach for their Voltaire.November 04, 2013
With more attention to detail, this could have worked, but the time travel aspects are so badly executed that the movie as a whole falters and eventually rips apart at the seams.