re: "About Time" on HBO-GO/ Greatest movie of all-time

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My wife was entirely unmoved.

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Same, and my wife drug me to see it. As I said before, I cried at the end, unashamedly. Now that I have a son on the way, I'm scared to watch it again.

Trailers screwed this movie. Whoever put them together did not understand men at all. To the point that a movie in which the sole underpinning was watching a young man grow up, they marketed it to women because of Rachel McAdams. If they had simply revised the trailer to reflect the true nature, I think the male 28-60 demographic would have gone in droves.

If there is one thing that does not get addressed enough in today's culture, it's the men who are good fathers. 99% of dads in movies and tv, even ads, are portrayed as imbecilic neanderthals who can't tie their shoes without a woman's guidance, complete Jackasses who are barely there and give terrible parenting advice, or not there at all. This movie so incredibly refreshing because it portrayed a father who went out of his way to retire and build memories when he hadn't the first time. Then we get to see a young man grow up, discover love, become a father himself and start learning from his father's wisdom. Which is how the process is supposed to work. It was well acted, great script, excellent concept. Was an all around fantastic movie, and all it did was simply "get it".