
Being one who always seems to enjoy time-travel stories, it's no wonder I like this movie so much, but it isn't the interesting "TIME" angle that draws me in: it's also the fact that this is one of the most touching love stories I've ever seen. I'm not usually a big fan of romance stories, but this one has always moved me, maybe because, as another reviewer points out, it's from the man's point of view.
The film is a wonderful old-fashioned type of story with a really nice feel for the period (1912) and is simply a pleasant, leisurely-paced story I found comfortable. Would kids of today like this? No. Too slow for them. Too bad, because I found the movie moved pretty well. The 100 minutes went by quickly.
Christopher Reeve is the star of the film but personally I found
Jane Seymour and Christopher Plummer far more entertaining. The theme song, "
Somewhere In Time," is one of the prettiest songs ever and that adds to the sad and frustrating romance angle of the story. The language also is quite tame. Yes, it's a bit "sappy" at times, but for sentimental people, this is a nice film to keep. My only real complaint is I've never seen a sharp transfer put on a DVD yet.
THE STORY Richard Collier is just not happy in Chicago of the 1980's. Even though he is a successful playwright, he feels like something is missing in his life, but he can't get a fix on just what it is. One afternoon, while celebrating the success of his latest play, an old woman shows up at the party, hands him a pocket watch, and says, "Come back to me". Trying to track the woman down, Collier learns about transportation through time, checks into the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, Michigan, and ends up in the year, 1906. He meets Elyse McKenna, the most highly regarded actress of her day, they fall in love, and they overcome numerous obstacles thrown up by William Fawcett Robinson, McKenna's manager. However their relationship is not to be, at least in 1906, and they lose each other, but in the end, love conquers all. Jane Seymour is at her most beautiful in, what I consider to be, the greatest love story of all.