Incoherent

Rating: 4/10 (26 January 2014)

Ah, time travel, a great classic of cinema often tackled in science-fiction but here, it is from the romantic comedy angle that Richard Curtis deals with overused premise.
His writing is relatively sharp, the situations often ring true and with this sweet and sour tone peppered with a touch of humour, all the conditions were there for an effective rom com. But what Curtis is telling us is that Tim manages to be happy only because of his gift which is very pessimistic but most importantly in total contradiction with the optimistic epilogue, completely hypocrite because though Tim concludes by the fact that he is happy and doesn't want to travel back in time anymore, he has used this gift for all the movie to shape a suitable present.
The script is therefore not coherent at all and you will forget this About Time, extremely flat and a lot too long by the way, as soon as it is finished.