Somewhere in Time
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29 out of 100

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8.8 out of 10

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  • Starring: Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour
  • Summary: 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)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 7
  3. Negative: 3 out of 7
  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not Credited)
    90
    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.
  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not Credited)
    63
    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.
  3. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    50
    The whole movie is so solemn, so worshipful toward its theme, that it's finally just silly.
  4. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Vincent Canby
    30
    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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  1. JohnCasey
    10
    A classic.
  2. JohnCasey
    9
    A classic.

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