Absolutely wonderful

Rating: 8/10 (3 January 2014)

Before I start this review that I would like to point out that almost all of the negative reviews on this page are written by people who hate most (or all) Richard Curtis films. Now everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but if you hate those types of films, why watch it? Do you have nothing else to do other than insult a film you assume that you will hate from the start, and then give it a highly unnecessarily bad review of a film you have probably barely watched?
But that's not why I'm writing this; this review is being written because I think that 'About Time' is one of the funniest, most moving films I have ever seen, and believe me, I've seen a lot! The plot (or, as the slaughters would call the 'lack of') is about an ordinary, middle class man who, at a new year's eve party finds out that his family has the power to travel back in time. The film then shows the lovable main character find a girl, and have a relationship e.t.c. I won't go into details for the sake of ruining the film, but it is very sweet. I like the thought-provoking plot, I enjoyed most of Curtis' script, and thought that all but Bill Nighy were excellent. My reason for picking of Nighy is because he is one of my favourite actors, but his part was full of obvious, awkward dialogue that didn't really suit him, although he still made me laugh on more than one occasion! All in all, despite the fact that most people who dislike most of Richard Curtis's films will not like this, 'About Time' is a great film which should make the audience laugh, cry and be merry!