The Time travelers wife

The Time Traveler’s Wife
The Time Traveler's Wife is the debut novel of American author Audrey Niffenegger, published in 2003. It is a love story about a man with a genetic disorder that causes him to time travel unpredictably, and about his wife, an artist, who has to cope with his frequent absences and dangerous experiences. In 2009 it was made into a movie. It was Directed by Robert Schwentke, and stars Eric Bana as Henry DeTamble, a Chicago librarian with a genetic disorder that causes him to time travel randomly as he tries to build a romantic relationship with his love Clare, played by Rachel McAdams. The Novel was very popular. It debuted as number nine on the New York Times bestseller list. After popular crime writer Scott Turow endorsed it on The Today Show, the first print run of 15,000 sold out and 100,000 more copies were printed. In Britain, the book received a boost from its choice as a Richard & Judybook club recommendation—nearly 45,000 copies were sold in one week. It was named the 2003 Amazon.com Book of the Year. Later it was recorded to sell almost 1.5 million copies. The film was a financial success, grossing $19.2 million on its opening weekend. It ended up grossing $101,229,792 worldwide (over $63,000,000 of which was grossed in the United States) on a $39,000,000 budget. It has poor reviews from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, a 37% approval rating from critics, with an average score of 5.1/10. The main differences between the movie and the book are how the story is told, how Clare is shown, and differences within the plot.
In the movie the story is told in chronological order, but in the book the events seem to happen almost randomly. The movie focuses on Henry’s point of view. His story starts whwn he travel...

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...when he shoots Henry. Clare doesn't see anything. At the end of the novel, Henry leaves a letter for Clare saying they will meet again when she is 82 and he is 43. In the movie there is no letter, but Henry and Clare have one more meeting which is unplanned.
Although the movie and the book have some similar things they are rather different. This is to shorten the film and attract more of an audience to see the film. By telling the story in Henry’s point of view chronologically rather than in different points of view in a random sequence, makes the story much more understandable. Making Clare more histrionic makes the film more dramatic, bring in more viewers. Lastly, the changes in the plot make the film less violent, shorter, and understandable. Both the book and movie were well done, and it makes sense why they did so well. They were interesting and captivating.