History YMMV / SomewhereInTime

* SpiritualAdaptation: In a lot of ways this is like an extended episode of ''Series/NightGallery'', with its mix of human drama and fantasy, helped by the fact that Creator/JeannotSzwarc and Creator/RichardMatheson both worked on ''Night Gallery''. If it ''were'' a ''Night Gallery'' episode, it would've probably focused on a painting of Elise rather than a photograph.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/WilliamHMacy has a bit part in the opening scene as a theatre critic. Creator/GeorgeWendt was in the scene too but it ended up as a DeletedRole (he's still credited). Future ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' cast member Creator/TimKazurinsky is the photographer who takes the portrait of Elise.[[note]]The Trivia section for the film on Website/{{IMDB}} claims that Creator/MegRyan is the young woman with her back turned to the camera who's sitting at the same table as Richard at the library, but there's not independent confirmation of this, and the timeline of Ryan's life compared to the film suggests that she would've been finishing up high school in Connecticut at the same time the movie was being filmed in Michigan and Chicago.[[/note]]

* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/WilliamHMacy has a bit part in the opening scene as a theatre critic. Creator/GeorgeWendt was in the scene too but it ended up as a DeletedRole (he's still credited). Future ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' cast member Tim Kazurinsky is the photographer who takes the portrait of Elise.[[note]]The Trivia section for the film on Website/{{IMDB}} claims that Creator/MegRyan is the young woman with her back turned to the camera who's sitting at the same table as Richard at the library, but there's not independent confirmation of this, and the timeline of Ryan's life compared to the film suggests that she would've been finishing up high school in Connecticut at the same time the movie was being filmed in Michigan and Chicago.[[/note]]

* {{Narm}}: The sheer abruptness of Richard looking at the penny and being catapulted back to the present, especially with the dramatic musical sting and Elise screaming [[SayMyName "REEEEE-chaaarrd!!!"]], is a bit too overwrought to completely work as a horrifying climax, and even comes off as unintentionally humorous, though it ''does'' succeed in snapping us out of the story the same way Richard is snapped out of his time travel.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/WilliamHMacy has a bit part in the opening scene as a theatre critic. Creator/GeorgeWendt was in the scene too but it ended up as a DeletedRole (he's still credited). Future ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' cast member Tim Kazurinsky is the photographer who takes the portrait of Elise

* AwardSnub: Despite its tremendous acclaim, Music/JohnBarry's score was ''not even nominated'' for an Oscar. It did get a Golden Globe nod, however.

* OneSceneWonder: Creator/TeresaWright appears in just two scenes at the beginning as Laura Roberts, the housekeeper for the elderly Elise.

* {{Narm}}: The sheer abruptness of Richard looking at the penny and being catapulted back to the present is unintentionally hilarious, especially the dramatic musical sting and Elise screaming [[SayMyName "REEEEE-chaaarrd!!!"]]

* NarmCharm: The plot is clichéd, melodramatic, and there's more than one plothole... and somehow, '''it still works'''.

* NarmCharm: The plot is clichéd, melodramatic, and there's more than one plothole... and somehow, '''it still works'''.
* TearJerker
* VindicatedByCable: The film was a critical and commercial failure upon release, but acquired a cult following though cable reruns. ''International Network of Somewhere In Time Enthusiasts'' [[FunWithAcronyms (I.N.S.I.T.E.)]], an official fan club, was formed in 1990 and continues to meet regularly.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Music/JohnBarry's score is simply ''wonderful.''

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Music/JohnBarry's score is simply ''wonderful.''

* HarsherInHindsight: [[spoiler:The death of Richard, considering that ChristopherReeve himself died at the not particularly old age of 52 in real life.]]

* {{Narm}}:
** The sheer abruptness of Richard looking at the penny and being catapulted back to the present is unintentionally hilarious, especially the dramatic musical sting and Elise screaming [[SayMyName "REEEEE-chaaarrd!!!"]]

* {{Narm}}: [[SayMyName "REEEEE-chaaarrd!!!"]]

* VindicatedByCable: The film was a critical and commercial failure upon release, but acquired a cult following though cable reruns. ''International Network of Somewhere In Time Enthusiasts'' [[FunWithAcronyms (I.N.S.I.T.E.)]], an official fan club, was formed in 1990 and continues to meet regularly.

* VindicatedByCable: The film was a critical and commercial failure upon release, but acquired a cult following though cable reruns.

* TheRedStapler: Many fans of the film now take vacations to the FrozenInTime Mackinac Island, Michigan (where the movie was filmed) to expand their understanding of the setting.
** Expand their understanding of the setting...so, to discover that the movie portrayed the island ''totally'' inaccurately by making it appear accessible by bridge and having the characters drive around in motorized vehicles?
** Since when is Mackinac Island FrozenInTime? There's a ''Starbucks'' there as of August 2011.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: While it flopped in America, it was a huge hit in China and Hong Kong, where the film continued playing in theaters for an entire year then later rereleased due to its popularity.
* {{Narm}}: "REEEEE-chaaarrd!!!"
* NarmCharm: The plot is clichéd, melodramatic, and there's more than one plothole. And somehow, ''it works''.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: While it flopped in America, it was a huge hit in China and Hong Kong, where the film continued playing in theaters for an entire year then later rereleased due to its popularity

* YourMileageMayVary: You either think it's a beautiful love story or a corny melodrama. Or both.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff (While it flopped in America, it was a huge hit in China and Hong Kong, where the film continued playing in theaters for an entire year then later rereleased due to its popularity)

* VindicatedByCable (The film was a critical and commercial failure upon release, but acquired a cult following though cable reruns.)
* YourMileageMayVary