I really wanted to like this movie, but couldn't get past the narcissistic fairy tale

Rating: 5/10 (19 November 2019)

The movie was well acted, heartwarming, and had its really funny moments. But I couldn't get past the fairy tale narcissicm as the core of the story. The main idea seemed to be that if your day/week/year wasn't perfect, wouldn't it be great to travel back in time and have a do-over until it was near perfect? You could be loved and admired by everyone and have the perfect life and relationship you always wanted, the narcissist's dream. The core of this idea was when the uncle said "my brother told me on your wedding day how much he loved me, it was the happiest day of my life.", after the brother/dad, presumably, traveled back in time multiple times to redo his wedding speech until he got the absolute perfect combination, his words so profound he could make his brother have the best day of his entire life.
Yes, we do get a watered down message toward the end that Jim, the protagainst, has decided he doesn't need to travel back in time much at all anymore, but you can bet he wouldn't hesitate a moment if something disasterous were to occur. With the fairy tale ending of the near perfect relationship and happy family life and great friendships produced, in large part, due to previous time travel adventures, I wouldn't want to travel back in time either.
Also, the rules didn't make much sense. We are told you can travel back but not forward, yet when Jim does travel back, he seems to be able to instantly travel forward again at least up to the furthest moment in time he has experienced. I thought he also couldn't do anything different before the conception of his children without them being conceived and born differently, but he seems, toward the end, to find a loophole to this as well, being able to spend time with his dad as a kid.
All in all, it wasn't a bad movie, just that it could've been so much more without the fairy tale and narcissistic nonsence at the core of the story.