"To live is the rarest thing in life. Some people just exist" (Oscar Wilde)
I'd wanted to watch this film since I first heard about it but I wanted to see it even more when I discovered it would be Richard Curtis 's last.
Richard Curtis directed or wrote cult Brit comedies like "Four Weddings and a Funeral", "Notting Hill", "Bridget Jones's Diary", "Love Actually" and, last but not least, the irresistible BBC series The Vicar of Dibley.
Maybe his thinking about retiring and leaving his profession has made this new comedy, "About Time", more than a sweet romance, a poignant reflection about how precious our time is. Sweet, funny and poignant.
Though the movie is as careless and bizzarre, as light and hilarious as his previous works, in "About Time", Richard Curtis added deeper, bit existentialist thoughts.
Tim (Domhnall Gleeson) is 21, clumsy and insecure, and lives in a wonderful corner of Cornwall . Out of the blue, one day his father (Bill Nighy) reveals him their family's secret: the men in their family can time travel . They can't change History, but they can go back and change their own personal past history.