Fresh and Exciting

best movie i've ever seen.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Quite a different type of movie I normally watch, but it kept me occupied and once the story started to unfold was pleasantly interesting.The production was good and well acted, which made this fable a quality fairy tale of sorts. Anyone who loves ghostly dramas will enjoy this delightful film.

Time travel has been an interesting subject for film over the years, and here's another one: "From Time to Time" (2009) starring Alex Etel, Maggie Smith, Timothy Spall, and Christopher Villiers. Etel plays Tolly Oldknow, a young English boy during World War II who is sent to stay with his paternal grandmother (Smith) when his father is declared missing and his mother leaves home to either find him or obtain information about him. The house is an old family home which will have to be sold soon, as his grandmother can't afford to keep it up.Tolly discovers that there are ghosts in the house, of which his grandmother is aware. He soon finds that he can go into another time and witness family happenings. He learns about family scandals and secrets back as far as 1805 and comes to know the residents, his ancestors. And he finds that one of the mysteries has relevance today.Very sweet, warm, well-acted story that really draws one in, as the youngster and grandmother get to know one another and bond. I really liked it and recommend it.

This script is well written, though you do need an attention span longer than 10 minutes to get drawn into what becomes an intriguing historical family saga.Touching on some rather raw historical morality and class distinction issues. An all star cast including Alex Ethel and Maggie Smith, performs leading and supporting roles,with superb delivery of character and dialog by all the cast members. It builds into an exciting surprising adventure and greatly suitable for the whole family. As I mentioned it took a few minutes to establish the characters and lead us along with the young lead character into the mystery of the Old family Estate. But once the surprises and twists begin, it's a fun entertaining movie. I will certainly be recommending it to my friends and family.

Although there is "time traveling" elements in this movie, it is not a science fiction. It is more a ghost story like the movie "ghost".The time traveling element is mostly used to tell a story that happened in the past.The movie is a little slow at the beginning. Not everything make sense. For example, someone supposedly died inside the chimney. However, his body was not found; not even a skeleton.When the boy found the lost jewelry, his grandmother behaved in a completely idiotic manner as if possessed by greed.The makeup for the blind girl failed; she does not look blind.The subtitle can be turned on with the DVD player's control, but not via the DVD's main menu.