Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

Stometer Save your money for something good and enjoyable

FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

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

Carol Cyr I enjoyed this movie, although I admit all the different time-travel threads had me a bit confused. Chris O'Dowd was charming as usual, and the other leads did well too. This is going to sound a bit nit- picky, but one thing that annoyed me was the British words that the American character kept using:1. An American is never going to call a closet a "cupboard", no matter how many times she's read Harry Potter. 2. She would also never say "quite dull" (she would say "really boring"). 3. We rarely ever, unless we're film critics, use the word "film" to mean a movie. 4. Also, although I love the word "sorted" as the Brits use it (it just has such a sense of finality and taken-care-of-ness to it), Americans never use it that way. If something is sorted, it means a bunch of papers or something that have been cataloged into different categories or piles or something - you know, SORTED.I just wish the producers had gotten an American to look over the American's dialog just once to weed out these distracting British- isms. Anyway, stupid points but they took me out of the world of the movie momentarily. Be sure to watch the entire credits - there's something right after them to see.

info-5342 Yes, I understand a lot of people just can't go there - science fiction films... or SF (which can also stand for Speculative Fiction) and one step further - SF films about time travel - has many more people racing for the nearest exit, but here's one so ingenious I'm putting it up there on the top shelf as one of the 10 best cinematic chronology crunchers ever made.When F-A-Q-A-T-T was released in its native UK it was promoted with a very Brit-centric proclamation, "It's Doctor Who meets Shaun of the Dead", and that's not invalid except I don't recall the good Doctor ever starting an adventure in a pub with three pints of stiff stout under his belt.Chris O'Dowd as Ray, Dean Lennox-Kelly as Pete and Mark Wooton as Toby are the pragmatist, the cynic and the dreamer. We collect a few hints regarding their common aspirations - escape their dead end jobs, become famous, rich and get laid but let's face it in their rather sedate time stream none of the above is gonna be happening.So how is it these larger lads end up in a rift that threatens the very fabric of time and space itself, in the process becoming so famous they have fans who hold look-alike parties in their honor! And no, I'm not trying to up sell - that really happens... in the future... and they don't even have to leave the pub to find out about it.You're thinking, "Oh, that's a cheap way to do a movie, build just one set - a shabby pub interior - all stock standard bits and bobs and there's the art direction budget cut in half, right?" Well, yes, but the fact that the location of the story is so constrained, our heroes firmly rooted in one place, it becomes almost impossible for these imagineers to navigate away from the inevitable consequences when they ....OK, OK no Spoilers! Not in this time stream.Let's just say it's delightful to see how the long argued paradoxes of time travel theory become intrinsic to the action, and new complexities are built on the shoulders of other complexities... like Cassie, a time traveling plumber... of sorts... with self confidence issues delightfully played by Anna Faris. She arrives just at the right moment to repair a leak in time and there we are, 30 minutes into the film and everything is fixed and it looks like Ray might even get laid! As if! The boy's hopelessly under exercised hormones and a string of questionable choices result in even more temporal turmoils... and thanks to that we, the audience, have lots more fun! Now, most time travel, or time manipulation movies, generally suck at the timey-wimey bits... really... do not get me started on "Looper" or "Source Code" - movies that relegate the clock conundrums to second or third plot place behind lots of scenes involving good guy / bad guy chasing games... you can throw Terminator in there as well.There are of course exceptions - The "Back to the Future" movies, especially the second film, where the impact of future on past IS the driver of the plot and the challenges for the lead characters come from the impact of alternate futures and pasts on each other.F-A-Q-A-T-T truly man's up to the task and exuberantly throws itself into the mucky stuff of Grandfather and Chaos paradoxes and the really big issue, "Why you should absolutely not have sex with anyone while time traveling!" For once, an SF film created by people who clearly understand the finer points of genre with which they are working.The script is a little fire cracker, a slow burner to start but then exploding into a life of its own. There's a great idea that starts playing with time before we're really even thrust into it and that's to have Ray tell of an experience in flash back, in the middle of what has, to that point, been a chronologically ordered plot - it works, it works very very well and is not at all confusing.These playful story telling techniques makes for some internal treats relating to other time travel films... So, thank you writer Jamie Mathieson and director Gareth Carrivick for not treating your audience as if they are mentally defective or incapable of processing the paradoxes and thank you also for being creative enough to do this all with great wit and some really sharp dialogue.High five to the three lead actors, especially Chris O'Dowd who's comic timing and recurring foot in mouth exchanges with Anna Faris prove he's one of the best.And Dean Lennox Kelly's embracing of "Total Eclipse of the Heart" proves that even the manliest of men really do have a pop diva inside them wanting to get out! The way the joke is played once and then revisited just doubles the fun.So why and how did F-A-Q-A-T-T fall between the cracks of public attention? Well, the reviews were a little mixed... OK they were unkind.... with observations like "mildly diverting" and "feels like a stretched out TV pilot..." wow, thanks for killing the British film industry there guys... like those comments are gonna make anyone line up at the nearest multiplex box office.So, track down a copy and take note - it's one of those films that has more clues after all the thank yous to dolly grips, best boys and honey wagon drivers have rolled up the screen...Yes, there's more movie after the movie!

bowmanblue Ignoring Anna Faris' part in 'Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel' it's basically fair to say that the film was made with no major stars and even less of a budget. To claim that it's predictable may be a little unfair, but it probably won't surprise you too much. But that's not to say that it's not worth watching.Three British losers go to the pub and inadvertently get stuck in a time loop that will – no doubt – destroy life on the planet unless it's fixed. And, if you've seen the front cover, you may have read the tagline 'Shaun of the Dead meets Dr Who.' Yes, that's about it. I could almost leave the review there. That's pretty much all you need to know about it. It has the 'low budget' feel of an old (yes, not even the recent post-Christopher Eccelston) Dr Who interwoven with the lovable rogue kind of lads we rooted for in Shaun's zombie rom-com.In short, it relies on script over anything else. And the script isn't that bad. I've watched it twice now and, although nothing in it really made me laugh for a long time, there are enough chuckles in the banter between the three guys to make it worth watching. Plus if you're a fellow nerd (that's me, too – although the film points out that the 'n-word' is a way of keep us 'imagineers' down!) you'll probably get the multiple references to numerous science fiction films (Aliens and Flash Gordon being the two most notably ones).The acting is what you'd expect from three likable losers, although the 'love plot' when Anna Faris comes into it seems a little forced.Overall, if you like sci-fi, if you like script-driven humour over special effects and are forgiving on the 'made-for-TV' feel to the movie, then give it a go. It's the definition of 'cheap and cheerful' and it should just raise enough smiles to make it worth your while.

Peter Midknight First I have to say watch it! If you like time travel and sci-fi - I mean ... imagineering (lol)Dialog was good, amazing camera play and a heck of a ride. Every actor was great in their role and Anna Ferris was a cherry on top. I like her.I don't know how to compliment this movie without giving it away; like the other reviewer said, it started off a tiny bit slow(still super funny), and I too decided to give it 5 more minutes, and sweet Jesus, I would have missed out on this gem of a movie! (if I hadn't) It's smart, funny and epic all rolled into one.I would have liked it if they had a few extra dollars and more screen time. But they pulled it all off famously as is. I would have given it a 10 if they used high end effects and let us follow them around and explore a bit more in the other ... 'areas' (trying not to spoil it).However, they might have been actually trying to pull off the b-movie kind of effect, and if that's the case, then 10 stars!This is the type of comedy I'd tune in for if it was a show, and it could be at least 3 seasons before burning out. Like the twist at the end, I'm sure there is always more to do in this 'kind of situation.' Sorry, now I'm just going on. Watch this movie! Watch it. Trust the high reviews and watch it!