The Time Traveler’s Wife
Director: Bruce Joel Rubin
Stars: Rachel McAdams, Eric Bana
Classification: PG
Rating: ****

To put it bluntly: The Time Traveler’s Wife makes absolutely no sense. At all.

And yes, there is such a thing as a suspension of disbelief, but if you truly try to figure out this film — in which Clare (Rachel McAdams) marries Henry (a delicious Eric Bana), a time-traveler who has managed to stalk her throughout her life since she was a little girl — your head will likely explode and seep into your popcorn.

But no matter. The Time Traveler’s Wife is not a movie for your brain; it is a movie for your ovaries. And if you let your mind take a nap and let your hormones steer the ship for a bit, you’ll decide that gosh, is it ever good.

This is all thanks to Bana and McAdams, who, just as Henry can transcend the laws of physics, can transcend a weak script and huge, cavernous plot holes by sheer acting force.

Additionally, Wife is aided by the fact that it’s more stylized and nuanced than most romantic flicks of this ilk. And despite Bana and McAdams’ beautiful earnestness, it’s also able to make you laugh.

But then it gets to the inevitable, heartbreaking end, and oh, how you’ll cry. You’ll cry, and cry, and cry until your brain says, “enough of this, hormones; I’m coming back,” and switches on.

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