

He even calls her crazy and says he only slept with her to have someone to sleep with, then she throws her high heel at him.

She goes on a date and sleeps with him saying that he will be her husband, but he seems a little less than delighted to see his future wife in the flesh. The movie would be a failure among the critics, but its mainstream success demonstrated that this was a tale that resonated with audiences.įor example, when Clare meets Henry as a young adult, he is twenty-eight and has a girlfriend. Eric Bana, Rachel McAdams, and Ron Livingston starred in this version of the novel, which would turn out to be a commercial success, despite being a tragic romance, drawing in over $100 million at the global box office. The first adaptation of The Time Traveler’s Wife made its way to the big screen in 2009 when Plan B Entertainment and New Line Cinema acquired the rights to produce. Fans of the novel praised how it balances the science fiction elements with the melodramatic love story woven throughout its story. By 2009, the book would sell over two million copies in just the United Kingdom and the United States alone, establishing Niffenegger as an author to watch out for in the future. A science fiction romance book, it was originally published by an indie press and then reached mainstream appeal after being featured on The Today Show. American author Audrey Niffenegger catapulted to bestselling fame when her debut novel, The Time Traveler’s Wife, hit the publishing market in 2003.
