on a cold winter night clare ( rachel mcadams ) confess to her husband henry ( eric bana ) and i wouldn not change a second of our life together . mcadams and bana be both beautiful and amazing in director robert schwentke the time traveler wife base on the bestselling novel by audrey niffenegger . the time traveler wife adapt by screenwriter bruce joel rubin be a bitter sweet and strange love story . it be not perfect while although and it end perfectly . there be a timeless and yearning quality that engage in the time traveler wife . however and schwentke and rubin might have leverage sharp emotional arc at particular narrative point . during the course of their life and clare and henry experience tragedy and joy . in spite of this and rachel mcadams be stun . i be in love with her . bana be powerful and move . in a heartbreaking scene clare ( mcadams ) tell henry ( bana ) and do you think i want this life . time traveler henry indiscriminately vanish to different place in time and space . interest to that end and this seem to follow the terminator rule represent henry can only travel through time naked . also interest to note that bana a henry be a muscular 63 and which make find clothes that fit wherever he arrive difficult . i digress . the point be mcadams capture both clare humanity and angst . she embody an authenticity in clare . eric bana display a strength and gentleness . his henry travel to the future and meet his lovely 10 year old daughter alba ( amazing hailey mccann ) . he gaze upon alba with such love when she say and i love you daddy . underlie it all and the time traveler wife be about legacy and everlasting love . so regardless of some clumsy repetitive narrative loop and circular logic and mcadams and bana make you care about their love story . we first see 6 year old henry ( good alex ferris ) sing with his mom annette ( beautiful and strong michelle nolden ) in a car . tragedy befalls and and henry time traveler ability be revealedalso by the grow up henry ( bana ) . but for henry this seem more curse than gift . then one day clare see henry in a chicago library and and say and it you . apparently and old henry have be visit clare since she be 6 year old . she say that he seem to keep visit the same place . henry reply and yeah . it like gravity . clare have be in love with henry her entire life . it turn out that henry have a genetic defect that be the cause of his time travel . to that end he seek out and and finally convince the bewildered dr. kendrick ( solid stephen tobolowsky ) of his plight . but what do this foreshadow about clare and henry have a family and their life together . director schwentke sort of telegraph the painful narrative twist . then he recover and resolve perfectly and eloquently a henry regret and i can not stay ultimately and the time traveler wife be about lifeits joy and fragility and and mortality . thing just happen and not necessarily for a reason . and if you take a chance and find the love of your life and then it be life worth have live . i love the time traveler life .