The Time Traveler's Wife fingerprintBig heart, strong craft, low-key.
Calm and low-key
Deeply romantic and deeply moving
Much of it is about family.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Family and everyday modern life
Lived-in and easy to get lost in. Holds up on a rewatch.
Standout storytelling, characters, and performances
Functional look and sound
Calm and low-key
The Time Traveler's Wife is calm and low-intensity.
Deeply romantic and deeply moving
Much of it is about family.
Emotionally, it's deeply romantic, deeply moving, and melancholic. Much of it is about family.
Family and everyday modern life
Lived-in and easy to get lost in. Holds up on a rewatch.
Its world is built around family and everyday modern life. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in. It holds up on a rewatch.
Standout storytelling, characters, and performances
The storytelling, characters, and performances stand out.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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The Time Traveler's Wife is included with a subscription to fuboTV and Paramount+ in the United States. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 55/100 (IMDb 7.1, Rotten Tomatoes 38%, and Metacritic 47). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated PG-13 in the United States.
1 h 47 min
The Time Traveler's Wife runs 1 h 47 min.
No. It's adapted from a novel.
Not quite. Audiences rate The Time Traveler's Wife higher (67) than critics (43). It's more of a crowd-pleaser than a critics' pick.
Yes. It cost about $39 million to make and earned $101 million worldwide, 2.6 times its budget.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
+82GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for The Time Traveler's Wife in 96 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 14 storytelling tropes for The Time Traveler's Wife, including Adaptation Dye-Job, Adapted Out, Adoption Is Not an Option.
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