Timestalker

Timestalker is a 2024 British historical science fiction romantic comedy film written, directed by, and starring Alice Lowe.^[1]

Timestalker
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Alice Lowe
Written by	Alice Lowe
Produced by	Alice Lowe Mark Hopkins Tom Wood Vaughan Sivell Natan Stoessel
Starring	Alice Lowe Jacob Anderson Nick Frost Aneurin Barnard Tanya Reynolds Mike Wozniak Kate Dickie Dan Skinner
Cinematography	Ryan Eddleston
Edited by	Matyas Fekete Chris Dickens
Music by	Toydrum[citation needed]
Production companies	BFI Head Gear Films Ffilm Cymru Wales Western Edge Pictures Popcorn Group
Distributed by	Vertigo Releasing
Release dates	8 March 2024 (2024-03-08) (SXSW) 11 October 2024 (2024-10-11) (United Kingdom and Ireland)
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Synopsis

Agnes falls in love with the wrong man and then gets reincarnated and falls in love with him over and over again, travelling through 1680s western Scotland, rural England in the 1790s, 1980s Manhattan, and a post-apocalyptic 22nd century.^[2]

Cast

• Alice Lowe as Agnes
• Jacob Anderson as Scipio
• Nick Frost as George
• Tanya Reynolds as Meg
• Aneurin Barnard as Alex
• Kate Dickie as Marion
• Dan Renton Skinner as Officer/Priest
• Mike Wozniak as Dan Chovy

Production

In February 2021, it was announced that Lowe's new project was called Timestalker and was a romantic comedy about one woman's unrequited love across centuries from 1680s western Scotland through to an apocalyptic 22nd century. It had Sam Riley, Jacob Anderson and Natasia Demetriou attached to it with Lowe also acting. Vaughan Sivell was announced as producing for Western Edge Pictures and HanWay handling international sales.^[3][4][5] In October 2022, it was announced that filming had commenced with Nick Frost, Tanya Reynolds, Aneurin Barnard, Kate Dickie, Dan Skinner, and Mike Wozniak in the cast and Riley and Demetriou no longer involved. Popcorn Group were on board as co-producers with funding coming from the BFI, Head Gear Films, and Ffilm Cymru Wales with funding from the National Lottery and the Welsh Government via Creative Wales.^[6][7][8] HanWay Films released first look images of Frost and Lowe in historical costume in February 2023.^[9]

Release

Timestalker had its world premiere at South by Southwest on 8 March 2024.^[10][11] The film had its Canadian premiere at the 28th Fantasia International Film Festival on 31 July 2024.^[12] In June 2024, Vertigo Releasing acquired distribution rights to the film for the United Kingdom and Ireland from HanWay Films.^[13]

The film was released theatrically in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 11 October 2024.^[14] It was released digitally on video-on-demand (VOD) platforms the following month.^[15]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 87% of 47 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.9/10. The website's consensus reads: "Leveraging fantasy to explore how bad life choices are evergreen, Timestalker is a clever and imaginative sophomore feature from director and star Alice Lowe."^[16] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 72 out of 100, based on 14 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.^[17]