It's the film about the young writer Richard Collier who was fond of Elise McKenna's photos at the Grand Hotel at some point. It seems that things will turn to a different path through self-hypnosis. This young writer travels in time to 1912 to find love with the famous playwright who will completely change the course of his life.
Jeannot Szwarc does well in the director's chair, and Jean-Pierre Dorleac (brother of Francoise) deserves special commendation for his costumes. But Seymour is given too little to do, and Reeve does too much.
I understand why this movie has a respectable cult following. I get the appeal. I only wish the movie would have followed through with its promising premise all the way. I didn't dislike it, but was a little letdown.
The [Grand H]otel and Mackinac [Island] are spectacularly lovely, but fail to give substance to this ephemeral endeavor.
Apollo Guide
February 13, 2001
Above all, this film captures a romantic part of the imagination that is often left unexplored.
Variety
December 10, 2007
A charming, witty, passionate romantic drama about a love transcending space and time, Somewhere In Time is an old-fashioned film in the best sense of that term.
