Rating: 10 out of 10, a very cute British romantic comedy about a father and son who can travel back through time whenever they choose. The movie doesn’t make a big deal about the earth shattering ramifications of such talent as most time travel movies do. It stays on a very human level as the guys use this talent for what a lot of us would do, they go back to fix some of their social mistakes and help friends. I liked this movie on so many levels. The characters were touchingly lovable both in the lead actor’s (one of those Weasley boys from the Harry Potter movies and son of Brendan Gleeson) adoringly awkward romantic life as well as his relationship with his dad, the incomparable Bill Nighy. It also raises serious questions about what you would do given the same talent. Would you go back, how far, what would you fix? Would I go back to college to fix that tentative brush of a first kiss with my college sweetheart that turned out to be a signature moment for the relationship? The night of – definitely; a week later, definitely not. This is a movie that makes you think even while making you fall in love with the story and the characters. It sends the timeless message of the fleeting nature of time and the importance of savoring life as it inexorably marches by. Don't let those special, yet barely recognized moments of pass by without appreciation. Take some of your own time and wisely spend it seeing this movie.
MVP: Nighy as Dad with a lesson for all of us
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