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34 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80EmpireEmpireMore than just a time-travel rom-com, this is a movie that asks you questions and doesn’t sugar-coat as many of the answers as you’d expect. Smart and sweet, funny and genuinely moving. Should probably come with a ‘there’s something in my eye’ warning.
- 70VarietyLeslie FelperinVarietyLeslie FelperinCurtis ends up making a virtue out of the narrative’s episodic quality, a tendency that’s been criticized in his previous work; the film, like life, is just one damn thing after another, and that’s really the rather lovely point.
- 63Slant MagazineChris CabinSlant MagazineChris CabinA surprisingly thoughtful romantic comedy that shirks a great deal of reason and consequence in the name of love.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonThe Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonThere are just enough laugh-out-loud moments here to excuse the lurches into shameless, tear-jerking sentimentality.
- 60The TelegraphRobbie CollinThe TelegraphRobbie CollinAbout Time is itself a film less directed than quilted: it’s a feathery old patchwork under which you might snuggle at the end of a tiring week.
- 50Film.comJordan HoffmanFilm.comJordan HoffmanThen Bill Nighy shows up and is awesome and punches you in the heart. It ultimately feels like a cheat, and while there won’t be a dry eye in the house, it won’t be earned.
- 50New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinAbout Time is like a sermon that starts with a few good jokes and ends with tremulous exhortations to live, live.
- 40The GuardianCatherine ShoardThe GuardianCatherine ShoardCurtis's heart is in the right place. In fact, it's all over the place – front and centre and backlighting the whole thing with a benevolent glow. But it is hard not to watch this, read the news that it will probably be his last as a director, and look to the future.
- 40Time OutKeith UhlichTime OutKeith UhlichIn a word: Ugh.