Angelic Gift

Rating: 8/10 (2 June 2007)

*Distr.(US) by Newline Cinema (2004)*
I was intrigued by the brilliant examination of the consequences of time travel in TBE. Ladies' heart throb Ashton Kutcher takes the lead as the protagonist trying to save his girl friend from a dreary future. Much of the movie is in flashback mode, with Kutcher (Evan Treborn) having an angelic gift to travel back in time after reading passages from his old diary. The characters in this film are ordinary people and not the usual geeks who build time machines in most science fiction stories. I may warn the faint of heart to be prepared for the morbid consequences depicted that include, suicide, insanity and loss of limbs.
For similar whimsical films about time travel, see
the negative: A Sound of Thunder (2005)
the positive: Back to the Future (and Trilogy, a family movie), Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (a comedy/horror series), Lost in Space (horror/ science fiction)