This week we head back to the soppy chick-flick genre!
The Time Traveler's Wife.
Eric Bana stars as Henry, a man with a strange so-called genetic disorder, which manifests itself erratically, causing Henry to disappear and travel in time.
A strange concept, but an interesting one, especially when you consider that the basic thread throughout the film is a love story.
How a time travelling man can fall in love with a non time travelling woman, makes for an interesting time for Clare played by Rachel McAdams.
She first meets Henry, when she is a 6 year old girl and he appears in the meadow where she is having a picnic, Henry, as always, appears from nowhere, without any clothes, he hides behind a bush, to hide his modesty.
We don't see this meeting, until they have already met. Confused?
The first on screen meeting is when Henry is working as a Librarian and Clare, now older, bumps into him. She has known Henry since she was six and has been meeting him on and off for several years, although as he has not yet been to the times and places where they have met before. Still confused?
Yes, it can be a little confusing, but it's well worth sticking with it, as the story that follows Henry and Clare is gripping and fast moving, without being overwrought and too complicated. The addition of family and friends, who know and don't know about Henry's travelling, further adds to the plot, making for a series of twists and turns in a thoroughly entertaining movie.
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