If I could choose a super power I would definitely choose time travel, I could do many things with all that time available; I would see many movies, do several college courses, play several instruments and maybe I could make amends for things that happened to me in the past; that's why I love time traveler movies. This one that I bring you today is also a very particular romantic comedy in which you can cry more than laugh, I promise you that it is not like any other film of this style.
ABOUT TIME
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Tim Lake is a Cornish man from a picturesque family consisting of his father, a retired teacher; his mother Mary; his absent-minded uncle "D"; his free-spirited sister "Kit kat" and himself. When he turns 21, his father reveals a great secret: the men in his family can travel through time; they only have to lock themselves in a closed place, close their eyes, clench their fists and imagine the place, the day and the time they want to be. Like a good father, he gives her advice on what she can do with that gift and what she shouldn't do, and he decides that he's going to use it to get a girlfriend. Little by little, he begins to realize that you can't force someone to fall in love no matter how much you travel back in time to fix certain things. Until he meets Mary, who is named after his mother and is a Kate Moss fan, and begins a beautiful love story, not without certain setbacks and time travels.
Each of the actors plays his character perfectly: we have the charismatic and charming father who uses all the time he has to spend with his son and be a father played by the renowned Bill Nighy. A mother, Mary, (*Lindsay Duncan*) loving and focused on making tea and taking care of her plants with a rather assertive attitude (as I wish I had a mother-in-law like that), the uncle who is always neat and tidy but with his mind on another planet, the beautiful Kit kat (*Lydia Wilson*), a free spirit, Tim describes her as a pixie, with a bubbly personality but with bad taste in men. Then we have Tim (Domhnall Gleeson), a character we can love, with ups and downs. This play could not be complete without the princess of romance, *Rachel McAdams*, playing Mary.
As the story is about time, the plot could not be kept in a fixed cycle of his life, it starts when Tim reaches 21 years old and shows everything that happens through adulthood and with the passing of the years. With a beautifully written script by director Richard Curtis (creator of "A Place Called Notting Hill" and "Four Weddings and a Funeral"), it catches us with all these jumps in time without losing the linear point of view of Tim's life, we don't get tangled up trying to find out where the story has gone again. The plot in parts becomes sensitive but there's always a bit of comedy to keep it not totally dramatic and to relax a bit.
The central theme is to use time travel to find love, but you realize that the love that is spoken of here is love in the family, love your parents, your brothers, your relatives, your friends can also be your family, and above all love your wife and your children; and that there are things that you do not want to amend, but rather you want them to be engraved forever in your memory. Not all romantic comedies are silly, this one is worth it; besides, I assure you that it will bring some good tears to your eyes.
TRAILER
Fun fact: The stunning Margot Robbie appears playing the role of Tim's first love, a fact that many will be interested in.
This review is a translation of La vida suele ser una CUESTIÓN DE TIEMPO that I did in steemit some time ago.