The Time Traveller's Wife

The Time Traveler's Wife (2009)
Director : Robert Schwentke
Producer: Brad Pitt
Starring :Eric Bana (Henry) and Rachel Mc Adams (Clare)

This week I opted out of my usual blood and gore film and watched The Time Traveler's Wife.I went into it thinking it was going to be your usual soppy love story even though I had read the book and spoken to the author Audrey Niffenegger who told me quite definitely that she had no imput in the film. It was very enjoyable , some times emotional and magical.

Henry and Clare are deeply in love unfortunately Henry has a genetic problem which causes him to disappear and pop back up at different times some-times older knowing what the future holds and some-times younger not knowing Clare at all. It begins with Henry as a young boy with his mother singing they crash and as it happens Henry begins to disappear then an older Henry appears to comfort himself as he watches his mother perish and although he says later in the film he always tries to save her he never can.

A quick flash and Henry is working in a library where he meets Clare who already knows him and believes they are destined to be together. Henry goes back and forth with his lifespan having no control on it and he and Clare never know when they will be separated or back together. With a lot of touching scenes going back to how they first met when Clare was six in the meadow and how Henry visited her up until she was eighteen. Although she knows their love is doomed Clare tries to build a life around her one true love.

After many attempts they have a daughter Alba who is also a time traveller but she can control it by singing. The ending has an emotional twist and although different from the book it caused a very large lump in my throat!

Although the first half is difficult to follow with time lines once you concentrate you really can get into it. Apart from a few continuity problems the time travel scenes were pulled of well.Rachel Mc Adams and Eric Bana both have the same star quality and pull of the roles to perfection in a believable manner. This film was like a mixture of The Light House (which I love) , Doctor Who and Benjamin Button all with the same type of character a handsome man in love who can go back and forth in time but yet can't change or control it.
So get the tissues out and get watching this 108 minute tear jerker :)
Until next time............

Dawn :)