![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() We know from Curtis' past endeavors that he's a romantic, so the presence of sentimentality (bordering at times on mawkishness) isn't a surprise. With more attention to detail, this could have worked, but the time travel aspects are so badly executed that the movie as a whole falters and eventually rips apart at the seams. ![]() By violating this basic precept, writer/director Richard Curtis (supposedly marking his final time behind the camera) turns his romantic fable into a mish-mash of contradictions and contrivances. Figure out how time travel works in your story and don't vary from it. As a screenwriter, when you're dealing with things like reworking history and spinning off alternate universes, it's necessary to stick to a series of established rules. Although there's no hard-and-fast way to develop one, consistency is a key. ![]()
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