Parvati Magazine May 2014 - Feeling Alive | Page 21

FILM

A

bout Time” is one of
those films I passed
up on first glance thinking it to be a fluffy bit of
romance with time travel
thrown in. It was only on
the recommendation of
a friend that I decided to
give it a go after all, and
I’m so glad I did. This is a
wonderful movie with a
heartwarming, life-affirming message.
The protagonist of the story, Tim (Domhnall Gleeson), has a slightly offbeat
and nerdy life that takes a
sharp turn when he learns
on his 21st birthday the
great secret of his family: all the men can travel
backwards in time to revisit decisions they have
made in their lives. Being
21 and lonely, one of the
first things he seeks to do
with this ability is help him
get a girlfriend. He soon
learns that time travel
might give him a chance
to go back and be more
suave in a given moment,
but it can sometimes create even more problems
than if he had not gone
back; and no amount of
time travel can compel

someone to love him who
doesn’t.
The pace of the movie seems to sag a little
through an almost too
happy sequence of Tim
moving in with his new
love, Mary; proposing to
her; getting married; and
having a baby, before
crisis hits and Tim learns
there are limits to what he
can fix through the gift of
time travel. This is when
the movie really begins to
shine.

in each day as it comes,
grateful for its gift. Without
going back, he is now all
the more alive in each
moment. Watch the film
and enjoy the insights taking shape.

Bill Nighy (also seen in Best
Exotic Marigold Hotel)
excels as the dry, compassionate father who
makes the most of the
time and the gift he has.
Rachel McAdams, who
played Clare in The Time
Traveller’s Wife, revisits the
theme of time travel with
a winsome performance
as Mary. And character
actor Richard Cardery
plays Uncle Desmond, as
sharply dressed as he is
forgetful.
By the time the movie
comes to a close, Tim has
learned to be fully present

Pranada Devi is a communications professional living in Toronto, Canada.
She is the Managing Editor of Parvati Magazine, and serves as an advisor
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edited Parvati’s new book “Confessions of a Former Yoga Junkie”, which is
has gone on to sell out its first two printing runs.