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The Time Traveler's Wife Reviews

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• 70

  out of 100

  VarietyJustin Chang

  May not make a lick of sense, but it does make for fairly irresistible nonsense.

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• 67

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman

  Bana and McAdams are sweet together, with matching dimples and starry eyes, and we grow eager to see them remain in the same place. In the end, that's all there is to the movie, really. It's a time-travel fantasy in search of a cozy love seat.

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• 63

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  The warmth of the actors makes it surprisingly tender, considering the premise that is blatantly absurd. If you allow yourself to think for one moment of the paradoxes, contradictions and logical difficulties involved, you will be lost. The movie supports no objective thought.

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• 60

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt

  German-born director Robert Schwentke ("Flightplan") keep things moving briskly enough so that the leaps in time mostly obscure the leaps in logic.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Los Angeles Times

  When the film's fate rests on the alchemy of its stars, you really don't want to get that wrong. But here, chemistry is a problem, and it proves a significant one.

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• 50

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  A slog rather than the sweeping romance it aspires to be.

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• 40

  out of 100

  The New York TimesManohla Dargis

  Often ridiculous, awkward, unsatisfying and dour melodramatic adaptation.

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