Sometimes Regan downloads random things. There's been a movie sitting in the media folder for a while now that I kept avoiding because it just looked like a bad rom-com.
It has Rachel McAdams and some actor I don't recognize on the cover, so I figure this is the kind of thing she's doing just to pay the bills, and let's face it... her traditional fare is basically in that category of movie anyway, so I figured this one would be really bad. However, when you're home sick with a napping baby and a toddler at day care and there's nothing to do, sometimes you get desperate and curious.
So I watched this movie because if nothing else it seemed harmless. I must say I was pleasantly surprised. It is a rom-com, but the focus of the entire movie isn't really on the relationship; it has several "acts". Bill Nighy is in it playing himself, basically, and that's awesome. Also aside from him and McAdams I didn't recognize a single actor: extra bonus. It turns out this movie (with the terrible title "About Time") is kind of like if McAdams had been in a GOOD movie version of The Time Traveller's Wife.
Anyhow, if you're looking for a very decent romantic comedy that is fairly down-to-earth and you don't mind some time traveling plot holes you can drive a truck through, you might enjoy this movie. I was crying at the end, but that's just me. And baby hormones.
p.s. I'd say don't watch the trailer first because A) the trailer ruins some of the best bits and B) part of the fun is being surprised by the events as they unfold.
It has Rachel McAdams and some actor I don't recognize on the cover, so I figure this is the kind of thing she's doing just to pay the bills, and let's face it... her traditional fare is basically in that category of movie anyway, so I figured this one would be really bad. However, when you're home sick with a napping baby and a toddler at day care and there's nothing to do, sometimes you get desperate and curious.
So I watched this movie because if nothing else it seemed harmless. I must say I was pleasantly surprised. It is a rom-com, but the focus of the entire movie isn't really on the relationship; it has several "acts". Bill Nighy is in it playing himself, basically, and that's awesome. Also aside from him and McAdams I didn't recognize a single actor: extra bonus. It turns out this movie (with the terrible title "About Time") is kind of like if McAdams had been in a GOOD movie version of The Time Traveller's Wife.
Anyhow, if you're looking for a very decent romantic comedy that is fairly down-to-earth and you don't mind some time traveling plot holes you can drive a truck through, you might enjoy this movie. I was crying at the end, but that's just me. And baby hormones.
p.s. I'd say don't watch the trailer first because A) the trailer ruins some of the best bits and B) part of the fun is being surprised by the events as they unfold.