
When Henry DeTamble meets Clare Abshire in a Chicago library they both understand that he is a time traveler, but she knows much more about him as he has not yet been to the times and places where they have already met. He falls in love with her, as she has already with him, but his continuing unavoidable absences while time traveling - and then returning with increasing knowledge of their future - makes things ever more difficult for Clare.... (Full plot summary below)
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When Henry DeTamble meets Clare Abshire in a Chicago library they both understand that he is a time traveler, but she knows much more about him as he has not yet been to the times and places where they have already met. He falls in love with her, as she has already with him, but his continuing unavoidable absences while time traveling - and then returning with increasing knowledge of their future - makes things ever more difficult for Clare.
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| Reeling ReviewsLaura Clifford...a superior romance when compared to the usual Hollywood suspect, but it is even better as an introduction to the novel which spawned it. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekThis sappy romantic fantasy proves that a movie doesn't have to be a CGI extravaganza based on a video game, comic book or toy line to be inordinately dumb. |
| Observer (UK)Philip FrenchIt's even more inane and sitting up begging to be loved than Benjamin Button. |
| Internet ReviewsSteve RhodesWhile the time traveling concept is consistently intriguing, the movie itself more often fizzles than sizzles. |
| Reel Film ReviewsDavid Nusair...one of the most moving and flat-out indelible love stories to come around in quite some time. |
| Tolucan TimesTony MedleyHighlighted by sparkling performances by Rachel McAdams and Eric Bana, this is touching, romantic and intriguing, up with the best of the time-warpers. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatA dreary and poorly paced romantic drama with too many unintentionally laughable lines. |
| MovieFreak.comSara Michelle FettersThis movie is elegant and subtle, and while it is indeed highly emotional I never felt like Schwentke or Rubin were manufacturing false tears. |
| E! OnlineMatt StevensPerhaps the book fills in the blanks and emotional beats, but this Wife isn't really worth your time or travel. |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris HewittWhere the movie really goes wrong is in issues of tone and pace, in decisions about what to leave out and what to keep in -- all of which falls at the director's feet. |