The night after another unsatisfactory New Year's party, Tim's father reveals to him that the men in their family have the ability to travel through time. They can't change history, but they can change what happens and has happened in their own lives. Thus begins the start of a lesson in learning to appreciate life itself as it is, as it comes, and most importantly, the people living alongside us.
Acting
Bill Nighy weaponizes understatement — every blink devastates.
Writing
Curtis finally admits time travel is just a metaphor for therapy.
Cinematography
Cornwall light so golden it should be illegal.
Director
Richard Curtis
Domhnall Gleeson
Tim Lake
Rachel McAdams
Mary
Bill Nighy
Dad
Tom Hollander
Harry
Margot Robbie
Charlotte
Lydia Wilson
Kit Kat
Lindsay Duncan
Mum
Richard Cordery
Uncle D
Joshua McGuire
Rory
Will Merrick
Jay
Vanessa Kirby
Joanna
Tom Hughes
Jimmy Kincade
Clemmie Dugdale
Ginger Jenny
Harry Hadden-Paton
Rupert
Mitchell Mullen
Mary's Father, Fitz
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The rain-soaked wedding was genuinely unplanned — the downpour was real, and Curtis kept shooting because McAdams and Gleeson were too committed to stop.
Curtis has called this his 'most personal film' — the father character directly channels his own dad's death, making Bill Nighy's performance a ghostly eulogy in real-time.
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