Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (2009)

Director:

Gareth Carrivick

Writer:

Jamie Mathieson (written by)

Release Date:

24 April 2009 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy | Sci-Fi

Plot:

While drinking at their local pub, three social outcasts attempt to navigate a time-travel conundrum.

Plot Keywords:

Pub | Time Travel | Alternate Reality

Cast

Chris O'Dowd	...	Ray
Marc Wootton	...	Toby
Dean Lennox Kelly	...	Pete
Anna Faris	...	Cassie
Meredith MacNeill	...	Millie
Ray Gardner	...	Mellor
Nick Ewans	...	Barry
Arthur Nightingale	...	Old Man

Also Known As:

FAQ About Time Travel (UK) (DVD title)

Runtime:

83 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:15 | Ireland:15A

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company:

BBC Films

Trivia:

As the three main characters leave the cinema there are three posters shown behind them: "A Boys Life" (the original title of E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)), "Watch The Skies" (the original title for Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)) and "Paradox" (working title for Back to the Future Part II (1989)).

Quotes:

[first lines]
Ray: Time travel. It'll turn your brain into spaghetti if you let it. Best not to think about it. Best just to get on with the job in hand. Which is destroying the enemy before they're even born and have a chance to threaten us. We're expecting any resistance to be light, because the ancestors of our enemies have yet to evolve any thumbs... or indeed spines. But that does not change the fact that they may one day evolve into a species that may pose a threat to us. And for that reason, we are going to rain down a fiery death upon them that will turn the surface of their planet into a radioactive desert! Because we are the planetary peace corps! And that is what we do! Now, are you nappy-wearing motherfuckers ready to lock and load, and *get it on*?

Movie Connections:

References "Doctor Who" (1963)

Soundtrack:

Magic

British sitcom drama

a pleasantly entertaining British sitcom drama style event. Nothing too spectacular but a pleasant enough way to pass the time. Anna Farris is jarringly wooden against the British cast members as is Canadian Meredith MacNeill. I don't know why any non British were present in a British set drama but there presence came across as token, perhaps placed to get an American market and then the whole slippery slop of dumbing down the content raises its ugly head. This could have been more edgy, and I've just guessed why it wasn't.

Chris O'Dowd plays himself, again, but luckily he's always worth a watch. He's got a great delivery which I'm not tired of yet having watched him in IT Crowd and FM.