http://www.kiwibox.com - The surprise in About Time though is that its not really a romantic comedy at all but a story about family specifically Tims father played by Bill Nighy who also has the power of time travel and who helps guide his son through this fantastical new skill. How Dad has used his own powers and to what ends is a reveal thats part of the emotional wallop in About Time in which Curtis steps back to remind Tim and the audience of what he calls the extraordinary nature of our ordinary lives.When I spoke to Curtis in New York a few weeks ago and asked him about hammering out time travel rules or which time travel films he was inspired be he demurred the idea that inspired About Time was a big one about life not scifi and he told it through romantic relationships because as the writer of Notting Hill and Four Weddings And A Funeral thats what he knows well.