Somewhere in Time 1980

Vincent Canby, New York Times: The [Grand H]otel and Mackinac [Island] are spectacularly lovely, but fail to give substance to this ephemeral endeavor. Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: Director Jeannot Szwarc strains hard for spectacular visual effects, though he's barely able to compose a competent close-up. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The movie surrounds its love story with such boring mumbo jumbo about time travel that we finally just don't care. Read more

Time Out: This must go down as a missed opportunity. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: A charming, witty, passionate romantic drama about a love transcending space and time, Somewhere In Time is an old-fashioned film in the best sense of that term. Read more