Review of Somewhere in Time (1980) by Sol H — 18 Sep 2011
A really nice, somewhat original premise - utilising fairy-tale sci-fi most brilliantly, allows for a story featuring Christopher Reeve going back in time and being an absolutely gigantic stalker - but in a sweet way where girls will pine for him like those dicks in 'Twilight'. It's quite laughable how if this were the real world, people would think him to be absolutely creepy following a girl around so obsessively, but given how it's presented here, it actually is kind of touching. The whole film is as well as just the right amount of funny.
The film's very good up until it's ending which really lets things down. It comes right out of nowhere in terms of pacing and just feels like lazy writing. We're saddled with poorly explained things bordering on being massive plot-holes (he's sucked back to the present and this puts him in a depression - the film never explains why he doesn't simply go back in time again) and then the ending is that he dies and the girl he was chasing dies, but it's fine because now they can be happy together in Heaven. Fuck off. Awful ending to an otherwise great film. An awful ending that absolutely destroys what came before it. Such a waste.
6/10 (would have been an 8 if it weren't for that ending).
This review of Somewhere in Time (1980) was written by Sol H on 18 Sep 2011.
Somewhere in Time has generally received positive reviews.
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