"About Time" is a romantic comedy a

"About Time" is a romantic comedy about the circumstances of life and love. It's witty, clever, intelligent and very funny. But it's also a film of perhaps quite surprising depth. The performances, the screenplay, the direction and the soundtrack are first class.

The humour is excellent. The soundtrack includes music performed by The Cure, Amy Winehouse and Nick Cave. Indeed, the featured Cave song, "Into My Arms", forms a motif for the themes depicted in the film and gets a specific mention by Tim's father when he is discussing his funeral arrangements with Tim.

"About Time" is a very watchable, intelligent and witty film that could so easily have descended to mawkishness and sentimentality. But it doesn't. It's a brilliant film that raises in the viewer's mind all sorts of important questions about life, love and loyalty.