About Time
Universal Pictures | Release Date: November 1, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
55
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 34 Critic Reviews
Positive:
18
Mixed:
13
Negative:
3
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60
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzOct 31, 2013
It’s not as good, nor as involving, as “Love Actually.” But like that film, it has Bill Nighy, and that’s good for something. Read full review
60
The TelegraphRobbie CollinAug 15, 2013
About 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. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonAug 9, 2013
There are just enough laugh-out-loud moments here to excuse the lurches into shameless, tear-jerking sentimentality. Read full review
58
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerNov 1, 2013
There’s a creepy subtext to all this, especially when Tim uses his time-travel gifts to woo an American girl without her assent. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliNov 6, 2013
With more attention to detail, this could have worked, but the time travel aspects are so badly executed that the movie as a whole falters and eventually rips apart at the seams. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyOct 31, 2013
There are the usual gaggle of embarrassing friends, a lot of voice-over and montages, a wedding, a funeral and wait … something’s missing. Oh, right. Hugh Grant. Read full review
50
SalonAndrew O'HehirOct 31, 2013
I’m being deliberately mean about a plot device that Curtis wants to come off as a goofy, harmless comic metaphor, but the idea that this implausible inherited trait is actually a cryptic, creepazoid form of domination over women is right there in the movie. Read full review
50
Rolling StonePeter TraversOct 31, 2013
Like a doggie in a window, this romcom relentlessly wags its tail so you'll fall in love and take it home. Not this time, puppy. Read full review
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinOct 28, 2013
About Time is like a sermon that starts with a few good jokes and ends with tremulous exhortations to live, live. Read full review
50
Film.comJordan HoffmanOct 28, 2013
Then 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. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanOct 31, 2013
What makes the calculated sentimentality palatable is Curtis’ intelligent assurance as he guides us through each step. It’s a gooey indulgence, to be sure, but one that will please anybody with a cinematic sweet tooth. Read full review
40
Time OutKeith UhlichOct 29, 2013
In a word: Ugh. Read full review
40
The GuardianCatherine ShoardAug 9, 2013
Curtis'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. Read full review
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