The Time Traveler's Wife
The Time Traveler's Wife is the odd romance between Chicago’s Henry DeTamble and Clare Abshire that owes a lot to Canadian talent. Young Henry and young Clare are played by two BC kids - Alex Ferris and Brooklynn Proulx respectively - while London Ontario’s Rachel McAdams is Clare. Eric Bana plays Henry the fourth dimension adventurer and Clare is his real time significant other – some times doubly significant. She’s visited by him at various times through her life from the age of 11 and he always has something to impart about her future but when the time comes for their lives to actually intersect it’s Clare who does the explaining. As their courtship progresses so do Henry’s disappearing acts which by the way always leave him naked in his destination dimension and it’s always a crap shoot as to what generation of Henry will return to Clare. Still, life is good together for a time until Henry’s unpleasant future becomes apparent. Even more distressing is that despite his affliction he can’t use time travel to change events, not even the tragic auto accident that he witnessed as a boy that claimed the life of his mother. I’m a fan of both Bana and McAdams so it was surprising to see less chemistry between them than in a Petri dish of distilled water. Even though it’s adapted from a very popular novel, The Time Traveler's Wife made me want to go back in time and get back the two hours I spent watching it.