THE TIME TRAVELER’S WIFE

 

HEADLINE:  ** Bittersweet and Politically Correct **

Title:  THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE

Quality:  * * *     Acceptability:  -2

SUBTITLES:  None

WARNING CODES:

Language:  LL

Violence:  V

Sex:  S

Nudity:  N

 

RATING:  PG-13

RELEASE:  August 14, 2009

TIME:  107 minutes

STARRING:  Rachel McAdams, Eric Bana,

DIRECTOR:  Robert Schwentke

PRODUCERS:  Nick Wechsler and Dede Gardner

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS:  Brad Pitt, Richard Brener, Michele Wies and Justis Greene

WRITER:  Bruce Joel Rubin

BASED ON THE NOVEL BY:  Audrey Niffenegger

DISTRIBUTOR:  Warner Bros. Pictures

 

CONTENT:  (H, PCPC, BB, C, Ho, LL, V, S, N, , M) Light humanist worldview with some overt and implied, strong overall politically correct content that consists of a line delivery mocking man's Republican father-in-law who's also a hunter, man hits a stranger while calling him a "homophobe" after some unseen altercation and an ironic situation at the end once again attacks the hunting Republican father-in-law, plus some strong moral elements regarding love of spouse and family, some references to Christmas, and the aforementioned politically correct defense of homosexuality; 14 obscenities, four strong profanities and six light profanities; light violence with some blood includes man accidentally shot, man runs from pursuers and man hits another man; light sexual content includes implied premarital sex, passionate kissing with woman on man's lap, camera cuts away after unmarried couple starts taking off clothes, and implied marital sex; brief rear female nudity and upper and rear male nudity, but not in sexual contexts; alcohol use; no smoking or drugs; and, stealing clothes, breaking and entering, and man teaches daughter how to pick a lock.

 

GENRE:  Romantic Drama/Science Fiction

INTENDED AUDIENCE:  Teenagers and adults

 

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SUMMARY:  THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE is based on the popular novel about a man whose quirky ability to time travel threatens his marriage to the love of his life. THE TIME TRAVELLER'S WIFE is well done but not brilliant and contains some positive elements, but it also has a light humanist worldview with strong politically correct content, plenty of foul language and implied sex.

 

IN BRIEF:

 

THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE is based on the popular novel about a love that transcends time. It tells the story of Henry, who is cursed with a genetic anomaly that makes him an unwilling time traveler. For some reason, his time travels keep taking him to Clare, a girl who grows up to be a beautiful redhead. Eventually, they fall in love and get married. Sadly, Henry's time travels force them apart repeatedly and have other negative consequences. Thus, the gift that brought them together also threatens to tear them apart.

 

THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE is bittersweet. It is sometimes sad but also joyful and inspiring. It is well done, but not brilliant. The movie has some strong positive moral elements about love for spouse and family, but it also has a light humanist worldview with strong politically correct content. For example, the ending and a couple lines attack Henry's father-in-law for being a Republican and for going hunting! How awful! Of course, without God, Jesus Christ or God's Law to guide us, our personal relationships are unreliable. There is also plenty of foul language and some implied sex. Thus, MOVIEGUIDE® advises strong or extreme caution.