I love time travel movies. Something about the construction of films like "Time After Time," "Back to the Future," "12 Monkeys," and, to some extent, "Groundhog Day," really intrigues me. It requires a lot of attention to detail and story to make a believable time travel script. This is the only screenplay which I had to outline and analyze every scene way before doing the actual writing. If there's a flaw in the movie, it may be that it's a little "talky." It required an awful lot of conversation to plug up some of the holes, but I also think there's not a single line of unnecessary filler. Everything builds, and by the end of the movie, people are jumping around between 1938 and 1963 like crazy.

The story begins simply enough as a missing persons case, a mystery, but soon leads to greater and greater implications involving time. The film follows its own linear logic while still maintaining a random feel. For example, on one trip to the past, the bodies of two dead policemen are found; on a subsequent trip, just five minutes before in the overall timeline, we then witness the shooting from the perspective of another character.

Added to those revealing moments, I think Doctor Morteer is one cool bad guy-good intentions all gone horribly awry. As he is intersected at various stages of his life, it is interesting to see how seemingly minor events can warp a life, change the landscape.

Market-wise, this screenplay has more popular appeal than the others, with very little violence, sex, or bad language. It feels a bit old fashioned, too, with all the antiquated science jargon and naïveté. A movie for those who like things a little retro.