Director: Richard Curtis
If you're looking for another chick flick or sikly-sweet film, About Time is not the one you should waist your time on. Why? Well... because it's much more than that.
The story is simple. After a crazy New Year's Eve, a young British boy finds out that he, just like his father, has the ability to travel in time. From now on, Tim tries to fix all the things he does wrong, so that he would finally be contented with his life. But not everything that has been broken once can be repaired again. Being happily married and having become a solicitous father, Tim understands that life can sometimes give you a hard time and surprise you in a negative way, but you have to accept it and learn from the past.
'But, Tim, you can turn back time and avert the accidents', you may say. Yes, but do you actually want to fix anything that goes wrong? Isn't life beautiful and so special just because it's not completely perfect? You can't protect yourself or others from all the failures or misfortunes. That's not how god intended it, and that's what this film is really about.You have to appreciate your life, the people around you, and simply enjoy living not trying to be Mr. Perfect. Life lessons are made for us to grow and be better. Why would you want to miss that? After an unsuccessful attempt to solve yet another problem, Tim realizes that he doesn't want to live like that anymore. And only without traveling back in time, he truly can enjoy the little things.
I watched "About Time" on St. Valentine's Day because I wanted romance, but this film is a good companion whenever you feel like your disappointed with something, you simply want to have fun, or once again understand that life is really beautiful no matter what troubles you come across.
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