But I should say, if you take out the part about the dumb premise, the acting is quite good--it almost makes you forget you're watching the big screen version of the tv show "Quantum Leap."

| Original Score: C- | Sep 12, 2017

| Original Score: C | Feb 18, 2012

That the actors can pull off such Oprah-friendly, sci-fi-inflected sap and keep straight faces is the most fantastic thing about this loopy love story.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 18, 2011

While the script could have done more to exploit Bana's sense of humour, it does profit from his directness. There are no false heroics.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 5, 2009

Without any notion of what type of film it wants to be, The Time Traveller's Wife is neither funny nor charming, moving nor romantic.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Nov 4, 2009

I'm over the moon about this movie, which smooths out the psychological dissonances in Audrey Niffenegger's fine novel but is still an emotional workout.

| Aug 17, 2009

The Time Traveler's Wife works when it embraces the magic of its concept, not when it remains tethered to the reality of its execution.

| Aug 17, 2009

Long spans of time pass between lines of dialogue, many of which seem to have been inexpertly translated from a foreign language so that they almost make sense but not quite.

| Aug 14, 2009

This movie is elegant and subtle, and while it is indeed highly emotional I never felt like Schwentke or Rubin were manufacturing false tears.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 14, 2009

The emotions and crises feel pre-sanded, smooth to the point of blandness. The transitional disappearances are routine.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 14, 2009

It's hard to live in stolen moments, but trying to find a few enjoyable ones in The Time Traveler's Wife is nearly impossible.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Aug 14, 2009

Yet where there should be heat, a cold wind blows.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 14, 2009

A Twilight Zone premise written like a Mariah Carey song, The Time Traveler's Wife is destined for a warm welcome on an obscure cable network. The Spinster Movie Station? The Lonely Hearts Channel?

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Aug 14, 2009

A kooky, head-spinning romantic mess.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 14, 2009

I'd watch the vibrant Rachel McAdams and Eric Bana in anything, but The Time Traveler's Wife is pushing it.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Aug 14, 2009

Romance is robbed of its gamble, stripped of its suspense, shorn of its mystery, and deprived of an ending that feels earned.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 14, 2009

There's not much [McAdams] or Bana can do to rescue this dreary piece of romantic hooey.

Full Review | Aug 14, 2009

It takes, as its subjects, the sadness and grandeur of life and the mystery of time, and it offers a full experience to those who find its wavelength.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 14, 2009

Suspend your disbelief and you might find The Time Traveler's Wife a charming if mildly depressing fantasy. Or you might, as I did, travel elsewhere during it. Either way, at least it's a picturesque journey.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 14, 2009

The fact that Bana is a bit of a cold fish and real sparks never really ignite between he and McAdams, who is 10 years his junior, doesn't help matters.

| Original Score: C | Aug 14, 2009