A story of love and family

Rating: 9/10 (16 September 2013)

Richard Curtis's 'About Time' which the Director has claimed will be his last film is a heart warming experience. Curtis brought us Notting Hill and Love Actually and many similarities can be found in his latest project.
21 year old Tim (Domhnall Gleeson) is shocked when his Father (Bill Nighy) tells him all the men in his family can travel through time but only with in their own life. He need only find a small dark space, concentrate on the time he wishes to travels to. What seems at first to be a priceless gift becomes more complex as time goes on.
The Father and Son relationship between Gleeson and Nighy is heart warming and superbly executed. Tom Hollander plays Harry, a old acquaintance of Tim's Father and play writer who reluctantly gives Tim a room in his house while he's living in London after moving from his family home in Cornwall . Lydia Wilson plays Tim's Sister, Kit Kat who has a close bond with her Brother. Rachael Mc Adams plays Mary, Tim's girlfriend who he meets in the Dans Le Noir, a restaurant where people eat in the dark. Lindsay Duncan who plays Tim's Mother is talent wasted and is constantly a spare part.
'About Time' provides charming humour and like Curtis's previous works is a film about love and family but also the relationship of a Father and Son which will send everyone who watches it on a emotional roller coaster of what we all call life.