Somewhere in Time
Young writer Richard Collier becomes smitten by a photograph of Elise McKenna at the Grand Hotel. Through self-hypnosis, he travels back in time to the year 1912 to find love with the famous stage actress from the early 1900s.
23 January 1912, Los Angeles, California, USA
17 October 1948, Chicago, Illinois, USA
14 September 1967, Evanston, Illinois, USA
16 July 1921, Chicago, Illinois, USA
13 December 1929, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
6 September 1936, Illinois, USA
4 November 1944, Chicago, Illinois, USA
December 10, 2007
Jeannot Szwarc does well in the director's chair, and Jean-Pierre Dorleac (brother of Francoise) deserves special commendation for his costumes. But Seymour is given too little to do, and Reeve does too much.
January 01, 2000
Assuredly affirms that love is a force to which the laws of the universe cannot apply
February 09, 2006
This must go down as a missed opportunity.
August 30, 2004
The [Grand H]otel and Mackinac [Island] are spectacularly lovely, but fail to give substance to this ephemeral endeavor.
December 10, 2007
Director Jeannot Szwarc strains hard for spectacular visual effects, though he's barely able to compose a competent close-up.
April 15, 2013
I understand why this movie has a respectable cult following. I get the appeal. I only wish the movie would have followed through with its promising premise all the way. I didn't dislike it, but was a little letdown.
October 23, 2004
The movie surrounds its love story with such boring mumbo jumbo about time travel that we finally just don't care.
February 13, 2001
Above all, this film captures a romantic part of the imagination that is often left unexplored.
December 10, 2007
A charming, witty, passionate romantic drama about a love transcending space and time, Somewhere In Time is an old-fashioned film in the best sense of that term.
