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Lena Headey, Penelope Cruz, Douglas Henshall

A shambling, out-of-work actor, desperate to win back the affections of his ex-girlfriend, unexpectedly stumbles upon a way to turn back the clock.

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R, 92 min.

Directed by: Marķa Ripoll

Release Date: June 1, 1998

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DVD Release Date: October 26, 1999

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  • susaok
    August 7, 2009
    susaok
    only know what important the who do you love,when you lose him.
  • jfvirey
    June 24, 2009
    jfvirey
    This is the most personally revolting piece of film I have ever forced myself to sit through. Honestly, it was so not me that I was physically gagging, and ended with a headache even though I watched it in three or four sittings (my highest MCT with a fan of the film is 54, which...( read more) I think is already too high.)

    The reason why I wanted to see it in the first place was the time travel element and the presence of Lena Headey, who in my mind was associated with the "Sarah Connor Chronicles", a series whose short first season I really enjoyed (though her ain't-I-cute faces reminded me that I did dislike her once in the series, when she went through the same kind of routine to seduce a man.)

    But my God, this was awful, painfully awful, a bit like being condemned to read nothing but women's magazines for the rest of your life. "Twice Upon a Yesteryear" is the kind of film where unattached twenty-somethings have promiscuous sex with each other, get drunk, have epiphanies in bars, smoke, cheat on each other, and philosophise with their best mate about the foibles of the other sex and the difficulties of modern relationships. Bleh.

    What can I say about a film where the lead female character tells her lover she can't see him because her boyfriend "has just turned up with two tickets for Radiohead and they're my favorite band and I couldn't just say no"? What can I say about a film where "Do you want to get drunk?" is supposed to be a funny line, and where the passing of time is shown by a montage over a slow song that says "all I ever wanted was lu-uuu-uu-uv aa-aargh"? In fact, if you had a machine that could turn pop songs into films (a transpopmutator), the result would probably be this. (Coincidentally, I have just learned that writer Russo is also a songwriter, and that this film is autobiographical, which makes it even worse for me.)

    The only thing I could remotely relate to was the time travel scene, especially the fact that it involved a "Don Miguel" who was probably no other than Cervantes, as suggested by a brief reference to a "Dulcinea" and a quote from him later in the film which says "Don't look for this year's birds in last year's nest."

    I also hated the strong language and the zouk and reggae soundtrack (now I know an atrocious song probably entitled "Follow the leader", thank you very much!) But the ending was not too bad, and the emotion not spoilt by some trashy reggae song (that only comes two seconds later, with the end titles.)

    I just hope the memory of this film will not spoil season 2 of the "Sarah Connor Chronicles" for me (fortunately, my crush is on Summer Glau.)
  • FiLmCrAzY
    April 22, 2009
    FiLmCrAzY
    i know this as 'if only' but still doesnt make it any better.... its ok i guess but pretty boring not much of a storyline and a bit unbelievable
  • siggephanna
    July 17, 2008
    siggephanna
    Surreal if I remember it right. Was a while ago I saw it
  • nicolefc
    September 30, 2007
    nicolefc
    I loved it. It was so good.
  • Stasia4569
    November 19, 2006
    Stasia4569
    this movie was sad and penelopie Cruz was really pretty!!!!
  • misterprofessional
    July 14, 2006
    misterprofessional
    No need to see it twice.

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