Grade: A+
“About Time” was easily the best movie I’ve seen this year. It took your average romantic comedy and put a couple spins on it. The time traveling, obviously, was one twist, but instead of the usual formula of the main character making mistakes with the time traveling, he used it to make his life amazing. Another spin was how average the characters were. Sure, Rachel McAdams was the female lead, but they gave her an awkward haircut and little makeup. The male lead, played by Domhnall Gleeson, was a redheaded, too-tall and too-skinny kind of guy. The main character’s father, though, was my personal favorite character. He was the kind of guy you wish you had at your family dinner table. The film is definitely romantic, but I could certainly see a guy enjoying it as much as any girl, especially because of the father-son relationship.