We didn't hate this fluffy story of a young man, his time travels, his love, and his family. Domhnall Gleeson (last blogged in Anna Karenina, he's the son of veteran Irish actor Brendan Gleeson) is sweet as the lead, Rachel MacAdams (most recently in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows) also good as his love interest, and Bill Nighy (last in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) his usual dry self as the father who also has the time-bending gene. Tom Hollander (last in Hanna) has a cameo as a director we loved to hate. Director/writer Richard Curtis (covered in Pirate Radio) is forever billed as the director of Love, Actually, and this has that same tone: a little chick-flicky, but not by any means excruciatingly so. We saw an advance screening on vacation in Florida four weeks ago, so maybe it's been edited since then.
The composer is Nick Laird-Clowes (to stream some tracks search for Nick Laird on soundcloud), but it's mostly songs. Critics are lukewarm, averaging 68% to audiences' 85 on rottentomatoes. Definitely not a must-see, but a pleasant couple of hours for date night.
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