2009 romantic drama
Rating: 12/20
Plot: A guy spontaneously time travels for reasons that are never explained, and although it gives him the opportunity to get in Rachel McAdams' pants, it isn't really good for his marriage.
This is my least favorite Rachel McAdams time travel movie, a sub-genre that--if she keeps at it--will need its own section in your local Blockbuster video rental store. True, her buttocks and spinal cord make brief appearances, but she's not very good here.
She's better than the little girl who plays the younger Clare. Brooklynn Proulx--what kind of terrible name is that? I don't think young Proulx is all that terrible, but she's kind of annoying. And all the scenes with young Clare are just creepy. I mean, I wouldn't want any children seeing this because the lesson is really confusing. As parents, we should teach our children not to talk to naked strange men who suddenly appear in the woods, but this seems to hint that we should take our chances and talk to them. There are several brow-furrowing moments in this, so much that is just awkward, the most notable being when the couple are on their honeymoon and for some reason are shown jumping on their bed. Suddenly--zoom-zip and Eric Bana, a guy with a distracting head shape, is whisked back to the woods and young Clare. Am I wrong or is that creepy?
Here's a question--I've seen a lot of movies where characters look inside other characters' medicine cabinets. Does that really happen a lot in real life? I'm generally uncouth, but I can't imagine snooping around in another person's medicine cabinet.
Stellar version of the uplifting Joy Division song "Love Will Tear Us Apart" at a wedding.
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