Review of The Time Traveler's Wife (2009) by Hector P — 26 Aug 2012

Very nicely done. Eric Bana is always good value with gallons of charisma. Moving stuff and probably inspired the River Song/Doctor romance out of time. Or vice versa. Who knows with time travel...

This review of The Time Traveler's Wife (2009) was written by Hector P on 26 Aug 2012.

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