From Time to Time (film)
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Plot
This British ghostly haunting story spanning two worlds, two centuries apart, is set in 1944, near the end of World War II. Tolly, 13, arrives at his grandmother's country house, Green Knowe, after his father is reported missing in action. His grandmother (Maggie Smith) is faced with selling Green Knowe for financial reasons. Tolly soon discovers he can magically travel in time mysteriously between the present and the 19th century in the old manor house, and he begins an adventure that unlocks family secrets laid buried for generations. Exciting events include a terrible fire, a tale of stolen jewels, and threats of a press gang.
Cast
- Maggie Smith as Mrs. Oldknow
- Alex Etel as Tolly
- Timothy Spall as Boggis
- Pauline Collins as Mrs. Tweedle
- Eliza Bennett as Susan (as Eliza Hope Bennett)
- Rachel Bell as Perkins
- Dominic West as Caxton
- Carice van Houten as Maria Oldknow
- Douglas Booth as Sefton
- Jenny McCracken as Mrs. Gross
- Christine Lohr as Mrs. Robbins
- Allen Leech as Fred Boggis
- Hugh Bonneville as Captain Oldknow
- Kwayedza Kureya as Jacob
- Harriet Walter as Lady Gresham
Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a score of 43% fresh rating based on reviews from seven critics and a rating average of 5.9 out of 10.[2] Tom Huddleston of Time Out described the film as "an emotionally wise but logically skewed children’s tale", the logical inconsistencies of which "largely restricts the film’s appeal to bookish pre-teens".[3] Henry Fitzherbert of the Daily Express praised the actors' performances, particularly Smith's, and noted that it "casts a magical spell by the touching conclusion".[4]
References
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External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). From Time to Time at IMDb
- From Time to Time at Netflix.com
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- 2009 films
- 2000s adventure films
- 2000s historical films
- British films
- British adventure films
- British historical films
- Films based on children's books
- English-language films
- Films set in the 1800s
- Films set in the 1940s
- Films shot in England
- Films set in England
- Time travel films
- Screenplays by Julian Fellowes