Conversation starter

Rating: 10/10 (29 January 2018)

My son came to visit and asked me if I'd ever seen "About Time". "Is that the one with Justin Timberlake?" I said.
The next thing I know he was streaming it and the moment I saw it was a British film I was like "Ugh".
After a few minutes I was hooked and slowly won over by the dry humor of Bill Nighy and the sweet vulnerability of the Irish actor (whose name escapes me at the moment) playing Tim. The premise of the movie was two-fold; a coming of age romance for Tim and simultaneously a story of love between father and son.
Without revealing any spoilers I will say that the ending had both me and my son in tears.
We started talking about times with my son's grandparents and what experiences he wished could be replayed with more focus so they (the grandparents) would have felt the love my son had for both of them. I told him they knew that without it being said. Then I shared some of my memories of my parents and younger brother who died when my son was two years old.
As the review headline states, this movie is a conversation starter. I highly recommend that everyone sees it.