About Time
- 2013 film
Richard Curtis rom-com with a time-travelling sci-fi twist. Stars Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams, Bill Nighy, Tom Hollander, Lindsay Duncan and more.
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Streaming rank this week: 184
Press clippings
Our favourite films: About Time
Is there a more perfect title?
Leigh Lim, Comedy To Watch, 18th March 2021About Time this tiresome comedy was left in the past
Richard Curtis has threatened to stop directing after this latest offering and that would indeed be about time.
Chris Hunneysett, The Mirror, 9th September 2013Film review: About Time
There are simply too many moments that have been done better before.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 7th September 2013What kissing my dad on his deathbed taught me
It may seem strange to write of such an intimate moment in a national newspaper but I found myself thinking constantly of it when watching Richard Curtis's beautiful new film, About Time.
Quentin Letts, Daily Mail, 6th September 2013The film formula: About Time
We analyse the familiar elements in Richard Curtis' time travel romcom.
Niki Boyle, The List, 5th September 2013Richard Curtis on what shaped About Time
"For every film, there's another one that could have been made with a totally different cast"
Richard Curtis, Radio Times, 4th September 2013Why time does not travel well in About Time
Richard Curtis' new film should have learned from previous time-travel stories, says Nicholas Barber.
Nicholas Barber, The Independent, 30th August 2013About Time, review
Richard Curtis rounds off his trust fund trilogy with weddings (not four, thankfully) and love (not actually, mercifully) in this return to the vanilla, upper-middle-class universe of comedic purgatory from which he refuses to shift.
Alan Bett, The Skinny, 30th August 2013First review of Richard Curtis's About Time
The new film from Richard Curtis, this celebration of family is like a big, sloppy hug from a stranger. And like most unsolicited hugs, it's well-meaning but not entirely welcome.
Wendy Ide, The Times, 9th August 2013About Time, review
Richard Curtis's time travel rom-com is soft, frayed at the edges, and oh so comfortable, writes Robbie Collin.
Robbie Collin, The Telegraph, 8th August 2013