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A young writer sacrifices his life in the present to find happiness with a beautiful woman in the past.
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Media Type: DVD
Artist: REEVE/SEYMOUR
Title: SOMEWHERE IN TIME
Street Release Date: 01/07/2003
Domestic
Genre: DRAMA
 
 
It's silly, it's superficial, it's so desperately earnest about its tale of time-spanning love that you almost wish for a cheap flatulence gag just to break the solemn mood. But there's something so unabashedly gushy and entertaining about Somewhere in Time that you can't begrudge its enduring popularity. The film has become a staple of romantic-movie lovers since its release in 1980, and endless showings on cable TV have turned it into a dubious classic of sorts--a three-hanky weeper that anyone can enjoy as a guilty pleasure or a beloved favorite, with no apologies necessary.

In his first film after the star-making success of Superman, Christopher Reeve stars as a contemporary playwright who visits a posh hotel and sees the portrait of an actress (Jane Seymour) who had performed there in 1912. He becomes obsessed with this beautiful woman and learns all he can about her, and then discovers a method of hypnotically transporting himself backward in time to meet her. "Is it ... you?" she says upon seeing the lovestruck playwright, and it's clearly a mutual attraction. But even the slightest reminder of the playwright's modern time can jar him from his seemingly real existence in the past, so his wonderful love affair is constantly just a step from being stolen away.

Based on Richard Matheson's novel Bid Time Return, this flaky film may strain one's tolerance for plot holes and corny romance, but it's hard to deny its lasting appeal--and let's face it, guys, it'll make wives and girlfriends swoon if they're in a tearjerker mood. --Jeff Shannon

 


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User Comments About Somewhere in Time (Collector's Edition)
 
Not just a "chick-flick"!
 

This is a very touching movie that not only I enjoyed but my husband also thought was sweet. It wasn't the best acting I have ever seen but the connection between the actors is wonderfully electric and the music score is one of the most beautiful I have ever heard.



Excellent concept - poor acting
 

A more accomplished actor and this would be a 5 star movie. Don't get caught up in the overanalysis of whether it could actually happen. Sit back and enjoy the movie as entertainment. He couldn't act his way out of a paper bag. I love the thought behind this movie. Just too bad Christopher Reeves was cast as the lead.



Somewhere in Time
 

Fast shipping and quality product. Classic. Good to have in my DVD collection.



Beautiful period piece, but dreadful in every other way
 

Quinn for much more convincing on-screen romance. A big dissapointment after. same one in 1978 or was it a name coincidence) ruin even. I recommend.

could overlook all that if it at least hung together. atmosphere is beautifully evoked, this was a perfectly terrible. film on every other level. the many unanswered questions (like the watch, what did. Dr. Jane was lovely too look at.

it symbolize; was the Richard who registered in 1912 the. But. The story is simplistic but I . Quinn, and I finally. Although the historical.

but her dialogue was very stilted. all the hype I have read on the blogosphere. saw SIT on Netflix instant viewing. I am a big fan of Jane's work in Dr. this oversimplified story.



 

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