ABOUT TIME
Not sure of what the movie is all
about though I have read the synopsis, I still insist on watching it because of
Rachel McAdams (one of my personal favorite Hollywood actress). I honestly
think that it’s going to be just another plain movie, but it turns out to be
extremely AMAZING! And has affected me in so many ways especially on how I view
my life.
Here how the movie goes. Tim Lake
(Domnhall Gleeson) first introduces himself and his family members – he was
always “too tall, too pale, and too ginger”; his father James, a former
university professor who now spends his free time reading and playing table
tennis; his mother characterized as unsentimental; his free-spirited sister
Katherine or Kit Kat; and his uncle Desmond who suffers from Alzheimer.
One fine morning, Tim is asked to
meet his father in the family’s den. James then tells him a big secret that
only the men in the family who have reached 21 years old deserve to know. It is
somewhat a secret that should be passed on from generations to generations in
which the men in the family are all capable of travelling through time.
Confused and speechless, Tim still asks his father on how the task can be
accomplished – he needs to be in a dark place, close his eyes, clench his fist
tightly, and think of the exact moment that he wants to go. Tim then goes to
the cupboard in his room and does what his father asked him to do; flashes of
images from the past start to appear, and he finds himself at the New Year’s
Eve party. As he is asked by his father
about his plans on using this ability, he replies that he’d really like to use
it to get a girlfriend.
After summer, Tim moves to London
to pursue his career as a lawyer. One evening, his friend, Jay, takes him to a
restaurant in which customers are paired up with blind dates in the dark.
That’s when he meets the love of his life, Mary (Rachel McAdams). Before they
live for home, he manages to get Mary’s number. But, as he returns home, Harry
(a family friend) is feeling upset over a failed performance at his play as one
of his actors forgot the lines onstage. This triggers Tim to start the night
all over again so he could fix the problems occurred during the play just to
cheer Harry up. Afterwards, he calls Mary only to see that her number is no
longer in his phone as he decided to restart his night not by going to the
restaurant but to the play.
The next morning, as Harry reads a
glowing review of his play in the newspaper, what attracts Tim’s attention is
indeed an ad featuring Kate Moss in which he remembered a conversation that he
had before with Mary in the restaurant on how she is a huge fan of Kate Moss. Tim
then hurriedly goes to the museum where Kate Moss’ exhibition is held and finds
himself waiting for Mary as he believes that she will definitely be there. Since
then, Tim and Mary become closer to each other. Their love relationship ends up
with a perfect marriage and lovely children (Posy, Jeff, and Jo). Throughout
the movie, a few other conflicts occur and worse of all will be when his
father, James, is diagnosed with cancer.
The movie ends with a brief montage
of the other characters (Rory, Harry, Tim’s mother, Kit Kat, Joanna, etc)
enjoying their lives one day at a time.
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| NUDE SUNBATHERS |
WHAT A MOVIE! THIS DEFINITELY DESERVES 3.5 STARS/5 STARS
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