In his first film after the star-making success of Superman, Christopher Reeve stars as a contemporary playwright who visits a posh hotel and sees the portrait of an actress (Jane Seymour) who had performed there in 1912. He becomes obsessed with this beautiful woman and learns all he can about her, and then discovers a method of hypnotically transporting himself backward in time to meet her. "Is it ... you?" she says upon seeing the lovestruck playwright, and it's clearly a mutual attraction. But even the slightest reminder of the playwright's modern time can jar him from his seemingly real existence in the past, so his wonderful love affair is constantly just a step from being stolen away.

Based on Richard Matheson's novel Bid Time Return, this flaky film may strain one's tolerance for plot holes and corny romance, but it's hard to deny its lasting appeal--and let's face it, guys, it'll make wives and girlfriends swoon if they're in a tearjerker mood. --Jeff Shannon

Product Description
Young writer richard collier is met on the opening night of his first play by an old lady who begs him to come back to me. Mystified he tries to find out about her and learns that she is a famous stage actress from the early 1900s elise mckenna... Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 03/04/2003 Starring: Christopher Reeve Teresa Wright Run time: 103 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Jeannot Szwarc