The film is watcheable and i loved Michael Sheen, the characters and novel story. But it raises more questions than answers which left me unsatisfied and i'm not sure this ended up better for everyone other than his cousin, as we assume that's him on the piano at the end and why Tony is so happy. However, in changing time he appears to have denied his daughter a life and hence stopped his grandson existing and in a different timeline he appears to have denied his son an existence, which really doesnt seem to bother him. None of these offspring appear to gave that lousy a life that they deserved being bumped off by Tony to save his cousin who, frankly, made his own choices. Its really rather troubling that Tony appears to be more concerned about his cousin than his own children and in fact he seems to show them no love or understanding. Its really rather a shame that the story appears to have glossed over these facts. The only 'kind' thing Tony does is he seems to say to two future wives that they are better off without him, which may be true, but he gives no thought to his own offspring. Its a bit of a plot gap to be honest.
There are other strange things in the story, like why it seems that Tony's history being changed has caused Michael Portillo to become Prime Minister. Humourous side joke, but makes one wonder about how that happened.
I also didnt quite understand how Tony jumping out the train suddenly changed his aunt's decision not to pass on her son not to happen. That didnt quite ring true.
I also find it a little troubling that the story is based on a premise that Roger's life was ruined by finding out he was adopted, when in fact it would appear that Tony's parents werent bad people such that it caused such an emotional catastrophe.
The film is watcheable and interesting, but its also rather frustrating as it doesnt explain itself as a moral tale, other than suggesting that mothers screw up children by getting them adopted, which isnt actually a comfortable message for me. It doesnt really explain why this is all happening or why, in some people having been denied an existence in favour of Roger getting a better life is necessarily a happy ending.
There are other strange things in the story, like why it seems that Tony's history being changed has caused Michael Portillo to become Prime Minister. Humourous side joke, but makes one wonder about how that happened.
I also didnt quite understand how Tony jumping out the train suddenly changed his aunt's decision not to pass on her son not to happen. That didnt quite ring true.
I also find it a little troubling that the story is based on a premise that Roger's life was ruined by finding out he was adopted, when in fact it would appear that Tony's parents werent bad people such that it caused such an emotional catastrophe.
The film is watcheable and interesting, but its also rather frustrating as it doesnt explain itself as a moral tale, other than suggesting that mothers screw up children by getting them adopted, which isnt actually a comfortable message for me. It doesnt really explain why this is all happening or why, in some people having been denied an existence in favour of Roger getting a better life is necessarily a happy ending.