About Time 

is a 2013 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Richard Curtis,[6] and

starring Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams, and Bill Nighy. The film is about a young man with
the ability to time travel who tries to change his past in hopes of improving his future.[7] The film was
released in the United Kingdom on 4 September 2013.[8] The film received positive reviews from
critics.[9][10] At the box office, it grossed $87.1 million against a $12 million budget. The film was
dedicated to actor Richard Griffiths,[11] who died a few months before the film’s release, marking his
final film appearance.

Plot[edit]
Tim Lake grows up in Cornwall, in a house by the sea with his father James, mother Mary, absent-
minded uncle Desmond, and free-spirited younger sister Katherine ("Kit Kat"). On his 21st birthday,
Tim learns from his father that the men of his family have the ability to travel back in time to
moments they have lived before. James discourages his son from using his gift to acquire money or
fame, and Tim decides he will use it to improve his love life.
The following summer, Kit Kat's friend Charlotte visits. Tim is instantly smitten, but waits until the end
of her stay to tell her how he feels; she tells him that he should have told her earlier. Tim travels
back in time to tell Charlotte in the middle of the holiday, but she advises him to wait until her last
day. Heartbroken, Tim realises she is uninterested in him, and that time travel cannot change
anyone's mind. Believing he has lost true love, Tim becomes jaded.
Tim moves to London to pursue a career as a lawyer, living with his father's acquaintance, Harry, an
angry misanthropic playwright. Tim visits a Dans le Noir restaurant, where he meets Mary, an
American immigrant and book publisher. They flirt in the darkness, and afterward, Mary gives Tim
her phone number. Tim returns home to find a distraught Harry, whose opening night of his new play
has been ruined by an actor forgetting his lines. Tim goes back in time to help the actor, and the play
is a triumph.
However, when Tim tries to call Mary, he discovers that by going back in time to help Harry, the
evening with Mary never occurred. He recalls Mary's obsession with Kate Moss and finds Mary a
week later at a Kate Moss exhibition. However, he discovers that she now has a boyfriend. Tim goes
back in time having discovered when and where they met, turning up early before the potential
boyfriend arrives, and persuades Mary to leave with him instead. Their relationship develops and
Tim moves in with Mary. One night, he encounters Charlotte who now seems interested in him,
something Tim initially seems to consider, but turns her down upon the invitation of