i have be a fan of the novel for quite a long time and in fact one of the publishing agent come to give a lecture when i be in college on the nature of get your work publish and keep cite the due to be release novel a an example and even then the premise he describe sounded amazing . i finally get around to read it when it go into paperback and it a book i have recommend countless time to people of all age and interest . it a great example of not just a unique and beautiful story but a clever way of tell it . the movie on the other hand and can only be describe a a disappointing mess . first of all and it immediately remove the mystery of henry first meeting with claire at the library and when he be 28 and she be 20. why . because it be just literally yell at u that henry be a time traveler . grant and that the name of the movie and but it just make the whole encounter feel stale . which be sort of the problem of the movie in general . it present many of the event of the novel and though many be leave out as well and but it do so in a very bland well here what happen sort of way . none of the humor or passion of the character in the book be there and we never really get the feeling a to why henry or claire love each other and it all feel sort of cold and a if the character have decide well this be inevitable apparently . one major thing miss though be how much of a hassle henry time travel be for his own life and everyone else around him . there only one moment where he leave for a long period of time and and otherwise it be just a nuisance for him and claire . go entirely be his ex girlfriend ingrid and go be the eerie recognition everyone around claire have for henry since he resemble the man she be occasionally see with year earlier . also go be the fact that henry witness his own death and also speak with claire father and brother at the time and and claire have arrive shortly afterwards have just miss the death too ( actually to be honest and the way his death happen in the movie feel entirely avoidable ) . oddly and though he be mention and claire brother be not even in the movie or at least have no dialogue . a few thing that be major event in the book be treat a non event in the movie and for example and the fact that henry first time travel be out of the car when his mother die be the very first thing reveal in the movie and when it be something of a breakthrough mental moment for henry in the book . his relationship with his father and his father alcoholism suffers similarly and it mention but not dwell on and ultimately be swept aside . ok and i do not want this review to just be here what they leave out from the book . i understand that in order to make a movie out of a book you have to take stuff away . my point be more that thing seem cut simply for time sake and not narrative and and a such what end up happening be that the soul and the essence of the book be remove with it . on another note and the movie do a terrible job of track when thing happen and how old the character be . this wouldn not be so bad except that there really not a lot of quality makeup work here so there not a lot to distinguish the way henry look for almost 20 year of his life . a touch of gray hair and a need to shave do not make someone look significantly old and regardless of whether he or another character say you or i look old . the movie could have use some of that benjamin button magic and and perhaps even some title say the year and that henry be 28 and claire be 20 like in the book .