Somewhere in Time (1980): A Chicago playwright uses self-hypnosis to find the actress whose vintage portrait hangs in a grand hotel. (7.0)
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Writers: Richard Matheson (screenplay), Richard Matheson (novel)
Stars: Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour and Christopher Plummer
This is another movie from 1980, but I'm seeing it with the hindsight of Superman and Christopher Reeve's subsequent saga ... I just couldn't get past that. Plus, I don't think he was the right person to play the somewhat delicate role; he's just too overgrown for the character, IMHO. Not a sci-fi, but an old fashioned romance with an impossible timeline thrown in. (A sci-fi would have used the fact that crossing timelines could have been used to pass messages, etc. neat tricks.) It went for the feel-good ending ... (spoiler) when we die, we end up whereever in our prime age regardless of the age at the death? How convenient. Heh.) My Rating: 6.0
