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Somewhere in Time

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Somewhere in Time reviews
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8.6 User Score:

Generally unfavorable reviews

Based on 7 critic reviews
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Drama  |  Fantasy  |  Romance

Written by: Richard Matheson

Directed by: Jeannot Szwarc

Release Date:
Theatrical: October 3, 1980

Running Time: 103 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: PG for adult situations

Starring Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, Christopher Plummer, Teresa Wright, Bill Erwin, George Voskovec, and Susan French

Somewhere in Time is the story of a young writer who sacrifices his life in the present to find happiness in the past, where true love awaits him. Young Richard Collier is approached by an elderly woman who gives him an antique gold watch and who pleads with him to return in time with her. Years later, Richard Collier is overwhelmed by a photograph of a beautiful young woman. Another picture of this woman in her later years reveals to him that she is the same woman who had given him the gold watch. Collier then becomes obsessed with returning to 1912 and the beautiful young woman who awaits him there. (Universal Studio)

What The Critics Said

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90

Variety Staff (Not Credited)

A charming, witty, passionate romantic drama about a love transcending space and time, Somewhere In Time is an old-fashioned film in the best sense of that term. Which means it's carefully crafted, civilized in its sensibilities, and interested more in characterization than in shock effects.

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63

TV Guide Staff (Not Credited)

Jeannot Szwarc does well in the director's chair, and Jean-Pierre Dorleac deserves special commendation for his costumes. But Seymour is given too little to do, and Reeve does too much.

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50

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

The whole movie is so solemn, so worshipful toward its theme, that it's finally just silly.

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50

Boston Globe Bruce McCabe

Somewhere in Time is a glossy, flossy and intermittently interesting piece of kitsch which, with more sensitive craftsmanship, could have been one of the more dazzling screen romances of the year. It's too bad that it's held down by its more overt commercial impulses. [7 Oct 1980, p.1]

30

The New York Times Vincent Canby

The screenplay is priceless (funny) and it's Mr. Reeve who sets the film's tone. Unfortunately, his unshadowed good looks, granite profile, bright naivete and eagerness to please - the qualities that made him such an ideal Superman - look absurd here.

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12

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Jay Scott

The manner in which the writer, Richard Matheson, and Jeannot Szwarc, in his glory days the director of Jaws II, conspire to tell the story should not only render the audience tearless, but speechless as well. [11 Oct 1980, p.E7]

10

Chicago Reader Dave Kehr

Director Jeannot Szwarc strains hard for spectacular visual effects, though he's barely able to compose a competent close-up.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 8.6 (out of 10) based on 3 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

John Casey gave it a9:
A classic.

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