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Somewhere in Time

1980

Jeannot Szwarc

Christopher Reeve, Christopher Plummer, Jane Seymour, Teresa Wright ...

6.4

1,911

Romance. Drama. Fantasy Richard Collier (Reeve) is a playwright from the late 1970s who is approached by a strange old woman. Lovingly and reverently, she places a gold pocketwatch into Richard's hand and utters four cryptic words: "Come back to me," before she disappears into the shadows. Eight years after that strange meeting, Richard drives to a luxurious old hotel in the countryside. There, he sees a picture of the lovely young Elise McKenna (Seymour), a ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	TV Guide	"Jeannot Szwarc does well in the director's chair, and Jean-Pierre Dorleac deserves special commendation for his costumes. But Seymour is given too little to do, and Reeve does too much"	NEU
United States	Variety Staff Variety	"A charming, witty, passionate romantic drama about a love transcending space and time"	POS
United States	Boston Globe	"A glossy, flossy and intermittently interesting piece of kitsch which, with more sensitive craftsmanship, could have been one of the more dazzling screen romances of the year"	NEU
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Tribune	"Director Jeannot Szwarc strains hard for spectacular visual effects, though he's barely able to compose a competent close-up."	NEG

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