Wonderful story, brilliantly told!

Rating: 8/10 (19 August 2013)

My wife and I managed to attend a free screening of this movie yesterday and we had no idea what it was about before hand. All I knew was what the synopsis said, which felt completely wrong when we watched it!
The story was written and directed by Richard Curtis, of Vicar of Dibley fame and contains a mixture of American and British actors (And Australian ;)). It is a romance with a time travel theme; being able to go back to a time in the past in order to re-live it.
What surprised us about the movie is that it doesn't go down 'cheap' routes; plots where other movies would have gone down ie "oh no, I am going to cheat on my woman and go with my ex" - which is really refreshing.
My wife described this movie like an onion; many layers of it - each one different. I would agree. Bill Nighly was brilliant as was Lindsay Duncan - very good couple together on screen.
The main actors/actresses were all very warming and the chemistry was fantastic; Rachel McAdams and Domhnall Gleeson were brilliant - you got a real sense of their relationship in the movie; from him being a bumbling fool (but harmless) to her being very charming and sweet.
Definitely recommend this movie as a 'date night' movie - or simply one that you can enjoy with your partner and come out feeling warm inside. Probably one of my movies of the year - which is saying something as I am more of an action person :)
Go see it. Take your partner. Your mother. Your sister. Your best friend or a complete stranger that you have kidnapped so you have someone to watch this movie with (ok, don't do that but you get my drift!) :)