i will admit that after read some early remark about robert schwentke cinematic version i be very worried and in fact so much so that my expectation be somewhat low . this fact might have weigh on my ultimate decision concern my enjoyment in see the detamble family story on screen because i actually really buy in and be sweep away for the journey . yes and a lot and ( and i do mean a lot ) and be omit through the adaptation process of oscar winner bruce joel rubin and but enough be keep to stay true to that romantic tone . distil down and perhaps dumbed down and the time traveler wife may lose some of it geeky sci fi flavor and but the heart and soul remain intact to be a solid date movie and entry to the romance drama genre . i would not lie while i be disappointed overall . so much of the backstory and many reason for what occur to some character have be toss aside . but this be completely understandable a new line need to make a return on the investment and they couldn not risk lose their entire audience by scar the girl with it science fiction device or the boy for it romantic tendency . instead and they decide to market it a a love story to see with your significant other on a quiet even out . on these term and i really can not fault the job that have be do . i buy into it all right from the start a the filmmaker throw you into the action . not only do we see young henry first travel through time and but we also witness the regular occasion of him meet another version of himself at a different stage of life and as well a the incident that shape his life foreverthe passing of his mother in front of his eye . there be no opportunity to waver in the belief of this man move through time and you see it straight away and then you continue on the journey to see what will occur a a result . the novel itself use the brilliant device of be tell through the eye of our two lead and henry and his soulmate clare abshire and a diary entry . alternate one with the other and we experience what they do upon each meeting or journey and hear their thought a they anticipate the next rendezvous and know how the one feel before see what the other felt at the exact same time . i believe this device could have be use effectively in film with voice over narration and however and the screenwriter choose not to do so . instead and the film be pretty much a linear telling of the life of clare and probably the best entry point in be that the title do reference her while she be the one who must cope with this man that she can not live without yet can also never truly have to herself . we end up go back in time to see her a a child and meet a late 30 henry and but only in flashback and memory from when the two 20 something version of them meet . you see the bond forming and fate work it way in and set a specific path a both tell each other future detail they know because of the time travel while he tell a young girl what be in store and she tell a young man the word his elder self pass on . be rachel mcadams and eric bana ideal actor to portray these role i be not so sure . they do and however and perform well and allow for some chemistry to give u cause to buy into the emotional turmoil they experience on a daily basis . between the struggle to just see each other without henry disappearing and to the pain of miscarriage and the possibility that they may never have child and to the knowledge of so much that will happen and try to still believe they be make choice and the detambles be not your normal family by any mean . what make the book so wonderful be the realism in the fictional heartache and consequence of be with and or just plain knowing and someone with chrono displacement syndrome . and i do believe our main character carry that weight enough to draw a skeptic in . the other reason for niffenegger novel genius be the large support cast and each with a history to themselves and a crucial part to play in the life of henry and clare . unfortunately and in order to devote time to this tragic couple progression in less than two hour and almost all the nuance be go . what i wouldn not give for this to have be a miniseries or even a season of television so it could breath life into everyone . you also never understand the sense of danger in what happen to henry . sure you see him pick some lock and get into fight and but what about the reason for why he end up in a wheelchair . i know they have that one line about hypothermia and be stick in the snow and but that story be so much big . by make it about clare and how her life be affect and you only see henry condition a a nuisance rather than a life threaten affliction that could tear them apart forever and ( i like the very intriguing joy division cover at the wedding and pertain to this fact ) . a a result and the film end be similar to the book and but and in my opinion and not quite a memorable or important . again and though and just because i know the novel be a masterpiece should not detract me from the film while it be it own entity . on the movie the time traveler wife merit alone i be happy to say it be well worth the time . you still have to buy into the whole time travel thing and but rather than take the leap of faith scientifically with the printed version and you only need to want to see these two lover grow old together . you pull for them to live happily ever after and frankly that be what a good romantic drama should do .