A librarian's unpredictable time jumps weave through the intimate, earnest romance with his true love.
Melancholy and romantic. A date-night pick at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Paramount+.
The thing to know: moderate sex and nudity, more than a PG-13 usually carries. Beyond that, mild language and no real violence.
Our estimate: fine from about 16, higher than the PG-13 suggests, because of the sex and nudity.
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Due to a genetic disorder, handsome librarian Henry DeTamble involuntarily zips through time, appearing at various moments in the life of his true love, the beautiful artist Clare Abshire.
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
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