Nick and Janine Mikkelsen are happily married, with a dog. However, he suddenly finds they are happily married with a cat. He hates cats (who doesn’t?), so he quickly deduces someone has altered their timeline. In their near future (which looks a lot like the here and now), time travel is a thing for those who can afford it. Changing the past to influence the future is strictly forbidden, but it happens all the time.
Mikkelsen tries to “back-up” their marriage, but it is not sufficient to stop Janine’s wealthy ex-husband Tommy Hambleton. He is determined to get her back, so after a particular severe time distortion results in Mikkelsen’s alternate marriage to his old flame, Alex Leslie, Mikkelsen decides to fight fire with fire and jaunt back himself.
Ridley’s adaptation of Silverberg keeps all the clever parts, while shrewdly cranking up the romantic vibe. The well-balanced balanced results should appeal to fans of the author, as well as light time travel romances. Yet, there is an element of darkness to the film that effectively cautions against rashly fooling around with the time-space continuum.
