Collier becomes obsessed and researches Elise, eventually visiting with the author who has written about the actress. He learns she was Elise McKenna (Jane Seymour), a stage actress circa 1912 whose troupe performed at the hotel. While exploring a small historical museum inside about the hotel’s history, he sees the photograph of a stunningly beautiful woman. By chance, he drives past The Grand Hotel on the coast of Lake Michigan and decides to check-in. His creative juices as a playwright are drying up, and he needs to get away for a while. We catch up to the present day, and Richard is still haunted by this encounter. She hands Richard an old pocket watch and whispers, “Come back to me” before quickly leaving. Somewhere in Time feels like a Matheson episode of Twilight Zone, which is stretched out a little longer and gives us a relatively decent tragic love story.Įight years ago, as he is celebrating his new play opening, Richard Collier (Christopher Reeve) is approached by an old woman who looks at him as if she knows the college student. I’d only previously read I Am Legend, but I think I may need to do a deeper dive into his work. Between this film and my Twilight Zone series, I have enjoyed Matheson’s work this year. The film is based on the novel Bid Time Return, also written by Richard Matheson. But it’s a well crafted one, so those excesses and silly bits can easily be ignored or enjoyed. Somewhere in Time is a melodrama dripping with maudlin sentimentality.
I approached this film with moderate expectations but found myself enjoying it quite a bit.
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