About Time (Blu-ray)
Description
Richard Curtis writes and directs this British comedy about a young man who discovers he can time travel. Following yet another uneventful New Year's Eve Party, 21-year-old Tim (Domhnall Gleeson) learns a life-changing secret from his father (Bill Nighy). It seems that the men in Tim's family possess the unique ability to travel in time by simply entering a dark space, clenching their fists, and imaging the place they want to be. Armed with this knowledge, Tim decides to leave rural Cornwall behind and move to London to become a lawyer, and in the process, find love. All seems to be going well when he meets and falls for the dazzling Mary (Rachel McAdams), using his newfound abilities to help win the day. But when a mishap in the time travelling manoeuvre threatens his future happiness, Tim soon comes to realise that, above all else, it's how you live your life in the present that really matters.
Product Details
- Barcode
- 9317731104329
- Department
- Movies & TV
- Released
- 13 Feb 2014
- Type
- Movies
- Format
- Blu-ray
- Genre
- Comedy
- Region
- Region A, Region B, Region C
- Language
- Danish, Finnish, German, Hindi, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Turkish, English
- Studio
- Universal
- Extras
- Interactive Menus
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Age Restriction
- 15
- Supply Source
- UK
Movie
- Title
- About Time
- Release Year
- 2013
- Running Time
- 123 min
- Language
- English
- Categories
- Comedies / Love / Romantic Comedy / Science-Fiction / Time Travel
- US Box Office
- $15.3 million
- Official Website
- http://www.abouttimemovie.com/
- Ratings
-
- IMDb
- 7.8
- Rotten Tomatoes®
- 69% 81%
- Metacritic
- Synopsis
- A young man with the ability to time travel discovers that finding true love isn't as easy as he thought it would be in this romantic comedy from writer/director Richard Curtis (LOVE ACTUALLY, PIRATE RADIO). Tim Lake (Domhnall Gleeson) is 21 and lonely. In the harsh morning light following a depressing New Year's Eve party, however, he discovers a family secret that will change his life forever. Entrusted by his father (Bill Nighy) with the knowledge that the men in their family can time travel, Cornwall native Tim relocates to London to study law, and find a girlfriend. The moment Tim locks eyes with gorgeous Mary (Rachel McAdams) he knows he's found the woman of his dreams. But as soon as they've fallen in love, an unexpected glitch in the time travel renders them complete strangers again. Now, in order to win back Mary's heart, Tim will have to travel into the past time and again. Eventually, he seems to master the process, using his unique talent to create an unforgettable marriage proposal, ensure his wedding to Mary goes off without a hitch, and circumvent a massive traffic jam that blocks their route to the hospital when his wife goes into labor, but in time Tim discovers that the true key to happiness lies not in his ability to fix the problems of the past, but instead make the absolute most of his life in the present.
- Poster
- Cast & Crew
- Director
- Richard Curtis
- Star
- Richard Cordery / Clemmie Dugdale / Lindsay Duncan / Domhnall Gleeson / Tom Hollander / Tom Hughes / Vanessa Kirby / Rachel McAdams / Joshua McGuire / Will Merrick / Bill Nighy / Margot Robbie / Lydia Wilson
- Co-Star
- Pal Aron / Ben Benson / Jon Boden / Sophie Brown / Rebecca Chew / Charlie Curtis / Jaiden Dervish / Lisa Eichhorn / Jacob Francis / Jago Freud / Verity Fullerton / Tom Godwin / Barbar Gough / Harry Hadden-Paton / Ken Hazeldine / Mark Healy / Sarah Heller / Graham Richard Howgego / Olivia Konten / Mitchell Mullen / Veronica Owings / Ollie Phillips / Sophie Pond / Natasha Powell / Jenny Rainsford / Molly Seymour / Catherine Steadman / Tom Stourton / Kerrie Liane Studholme / Matilda Sturridge / Philip Voss / Jon West / Andrew Martin Yates
- Screenwriter
- Richard Curtis
- Composer
- Nick Laird-Clowes
- Director of Photography
- John Guleserian
- Assistant Director
- Matthew Penry Davey
- Sound Re-Recording
- Mike Dowson / Jonathan Rush
- Stunt Coordinator
- Jamie Edgell / Lee Sheward
- Set Decorator
- Liz Griffiths
- Special Effects Supervisor
- Mark Holt
- Supervising Art Director
- David Hindle
- Movie Critics
- A.V. Club
- "Somehow unsentimental in his sentimentality, Nighy makes shopworn carpe diem platitudes sound like fresh wisdom."— A.A. Dowd (31 Oct 2013, )
- Empire
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "Smart and sweet, funny and genuinely moving."— (1 Jan 1970, )
- Entertainment Weekly
- "Gleeson and McAdams make a touching, lifelike couple..." -- Grade: B— Owen Gleiberman (1 Nov 2013, )
- Hollywood Reporter
- "ABOUT TIME is handsomely filmed in a more intimate, hand-held style than previous Curtis features..."— Stephen Dalton (8 Aug 2013, )
- Los Angeles Times
- "ABOUT TIME is effortlessly skillful....It's GROUNDHOG DAY crossed with LOVE ACTUALLY..."— Michael Phillips (31 Oct 2013, )
- Total Film
- 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he big draw here is Gleeson, who manages his first major lead with aplomb."— Total Film Staff (12 Aug 2013, )
- USA Today
- "[A] time-travel rom-com with more than romance and comedy on its mind....A charming and touching story."— Claudia Puig (30 Oct 2013, )
- Washington Post
- "As a warm, appealing and uncommonly intelligent dark horse within a stable of overachieving thoroughbreds, this unconventional romantic comedy possesses its own modesty, charm and thoroughly disarming earnestness."— (31 Oct 2013, )