Beautiful

Rating: 9/10 (24 January 2014)

I tried to avoid as many reviews on this movie before sitting down to watch it myself, i saw a few scores, and a couple of positives beforehand, one being that Domhnall Gleeson was being dubbed as the new Hugh Grant, which was a pleasant surprise. I seemed to avoid reviews, and ultimately spoilers a little too well, and before viewing i didn't even know that this was a Richard Curtis movie, another pleasant surprise.
The comparisons to his previous work were always on the cards, and although i tried to see this as a separate movie, with the added time travel element giving it a nice futuristic twist, i still made the comparisons in my mind, and Mr Gleeson(Tim) is a very good leading man in the genre, and i can see him going on to bigger and better things, probably under the wing of Mr Curtis, which i'm sure we'd all love to see.
This movie kept me hooked all the way through, i tried to predict what was going to happen, but with the time travel aspect, i was constantly left befuddled, and Bill Nighy was as brilliant as ever as the doting father left to divulge the family secret to his son.
The story seemed to progress at an alarming rate, moving on through marriage, new additions to the clan, a death, and yet more children, ultimately showing us the roadblock in the time travel venture, and leaving Tim to appreciate each day as it is, and not try to alter anything.
Simply, a remarkable movie, a credit to Richard Curtis, who already has some masterpieces under his belt.