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The Time Traveller's Wife
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Cast
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| Alex Ferris | ... | ||
| Arliss Howard | ... | ||
| Eric Bana | ... | ||
| Katherine Trowell | ... | ||
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Bart Bedford | ... | |
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Esther Jun | ... |
Waitress
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| Matt Birman | ... | ||
| Craig Snoyer | ... | ||
| Rachel McAdams | ... |
Clare
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Carly Street | ... |
Librarian
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Romyen Tangsubutra | ... |
Thai Waiter
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| Brooklynn Proulx | ... | ||
| Jane McLean | ... | ||
| Ron Livingston | ... | ||
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Plot Synopsis
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When Henry DeTamble meets Clare Abshire in a Chicago library they both understand that he is a time traveller, but she she knows much more than this about him as he has not yet been to the times and places where they have met before. He falls in love with her, as she has already with him, but his continuing unavoidable absences time travelling - and then returning with increasing knowledge of their future - makes things ever more difficult for Clare. Written by Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, brief disturbing images, nudity and sexuality | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
14 August 2009 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Te amaré por siempre See more »Box Office
Budget:
$39,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£1,410,333 (UK) (14 August 2009)Gross:
$63,411,478 (USA) (27 November 2009)Company Credits
Production Co:
Internationale Scarena Filmproduktionsgesellschaft 2, New Line Cinema, Nick Wechsler Productions See more »
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2.35 : 1
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Henry at Six: [giving up] I can't sing.
Annette DeTamble: That was fine, Henry.
Henry at Six: I can't sing like you.
Annette DeTamble: Of course not. You're supposed to sing like you.
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Shipped to theaters under the code name "The Meadow". See more »Goofs
During one scene Henry talks to a young Clare in the meadow, she is wearing a dark purple t-shirt with a white pinafore dress. In some shots of Clare a white thread/piece of fluff is clearly visible on the dark background of her purple sleeve, it disappears and reappears between shots. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Henry at Six: [giving up] I can't sing.
Annette DeTamble: That was fine, Henry.
Henry at Six: I can't sing like you.
Annette DeTamble: Of course not. You're supposed to sing like you.
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Something I often find bothersome in 'time travel fiction' is that there is usually a large chunk of the storytelling dedicated to the tedium of explaining 'how' time travel works, particularly when time travel is merely a device to aid the storytelling. We don't really need to know the science behind it because, simply put, science can neither logically explain its paradoxical nature, nor prove or dispute its possibility. "The Time Traveler's Wife" never makes pretenses to the science behind it, rather it centers its focus on the story.
At the heart of this film is a love story and the complexities that people bring to their relationships. What I liked most was its metaphorical allusion to the distance in relationships and how the important people in our lives stay with us even after they are gone. The scenes between Henry and young Clare were especially moving because they took literally the notion of feeling like you have known someone your whole life. It's kind of like when you share stories from your past with friends and significant others, retelling them time and again until your experiences are indistinguishable from theirs, except in the case of Henry and Clare, the experiences are real if not linear.
Just go and watch it. Decide for yourself if you like it. Just don't dwell too much on the technicalities. After all, Scientific Theorists have been slamming their heads against the wall on the matter of time travel for centuries. Take the story for what it is and enjoy the ride.