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This week, my inner romantic chose to watch The Time Traveler’s Wife. Based on the novel by Audrey Niffenegger, The TimeTraveler’s Wife follows the lives of Clare, an artist, and her husband Henry, who has a rare genetic disorder than gives him the ability to travel uncontrollably through time. Henry first time travels to Clare when she is five years old and visits her throughout the rest of her adolescent years. Clare feels a deep connection with Henry and when their timelines finally converge naturally, they are married. The movie takes us through the hard times of marrying someone who disappears without warning as well as the price you pay for knowing the future.
The film was directed by Robert Schwentke and, though I do not consider this a great film, I felt very connected to the story. Even though the main character had a gene that made him time travel, I was completely in the world of the movie and I felt very close to the characters. I believe this has a lot to do with the actors in the film. I found that there was a strong chemistry between Rachel McAdams and Eric Bana. Their relationship was natural and I could feel the tension and the toll that time traveling had taken on them as a couple. They had a strong bond, which made me really believe in the friendship they had formed over the years.
Another really great part about the movie was how well Schwentke was able to put me in both the mind of Clare as well as the mind of Henry. In the film, they’re constantly switching points of view from Henry to Clare and back in order to tell both stories of Henry with young Clare and Clare married to Henry. I never noticed, however, when they switched points of view and I think the reason was because I was so enveloped with the struggles and emotions of the characters. Regardless of the fact that part of the movie was about Clare being unable to have a baby because the fetus kept time traveling, I still managed to stay completely enthralled and devoted to the concept, which is really saying something.
I recommend this movie to anyone who wants to sob as uncontrollably as Henry time travels. I do not know if I was feeling particularly emotional at the time, but I really empathized with Clare’s situation. I loved her character and I wanted to tell her to just give up and find someone who didn’t time travel, but then so many good things came from marrying Henry that I had to be happy for her as well. I do not think I would ever marry someone who time travels involuntarily, but apparently it works for some people.
Below is a scene that I thought exemplified both the actor’s chemistry and the difficulties that Clare struggles with throughout the movie.
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