Three men walk into a bar; two geeks and a cynic. They are three ordinary blokes who all have dreams and hopes for an exciting and better future. They are about to sit down and have an average night out in their local pub, a few beers, a bit of banter and joking, and putting the world to rights. The first geek, Ray, has a well-known obsession with time travel, so when he is approached by Cassie, a woman who claims to be from the future, he naturally suspects a prank. The second geek, Toby, is obsessed with films, and upon hearing Ray’s story of the woman from the future, naturally assumes that Ray is pitching him a film plot. And Pete, the cynic, naturally doesn’t believe any of it, until he accidentally stumbles through a time leak into the future of the bar. Which happens to be full of dead people, including himself. This triggers the start of a series of accidental trips back and forth through time, during which our heroes frantically try to avoid multiple earlier versions of themselves, to avoid creating a time paradox, in an attempt to unravel the mystery of just who is trying to kill them and why.
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"whether or not you like this film will depend a lot on your sense of humour"
Would I go back in time to watch this again - no..... I realise I've been away for a while, but unlike the protagonists of FAQ About Time Travel, I haven't been doing anything as excited as mastering the space time continuum - I've just been on holiday. Worryingly, I really do wish I had been mastering the concept of time travel, because quite a large part of me would have been tempted to turn the clock back 90 minutes and avoid seeing this film. Now it's not horrific. In fact it made me laugh a few times, but given the choice of what to do with my time, I can think of many more pleasurable activities than watching FAQ About Time Travel.The premise of the film is that three mates, stuck in dead end jobs at a fun fair, accidentally discover a rip in space time in their local pubs toilet - meaning every time they go to the loo, they exit into a completely different era than they were in before.
Queue hilarious consequences....except there aren't any. There's a story that doesn't really go anywhere, perhaps the worst on-screen romance that has ever existed, and the nagging doubt that this feels like an extended version of a not very amusing TV show (NOTHING to do with the fact that it is a joint venture between the BBC and HBO, and the director lists Three Pints of Lager and The Smoking Room in his resume.....).I've heard this as being dubbed a cross between Shaun of the Dead and Dr Who - in reality this offering doesn't stand up to either - the script, acting and gags just aren't on the same level.
In (this) reality, whether or not you like this film will depend a lot on your sense of humour. For me, it just didn't click - at the end of the day it just didn't feel like a cinema experience.....I'd save the money and watch the re-runs of the IT Crowd on BBC IPlayer instead.
