My Brother the Time Traveler (2017)

My Brother the Time Traveler: Directed by Jake Van Wagoner. With Maclain Nelson, Jake Van Wagoner, Clare Niederpruem, Adam Johnson. Two estranged brothers try to reconnect at Christmas but there’s something that one of them can’t get past…the other think’s he’s a time traveler.

“This is beautifully filmed, with authenticity and societal values inherent in both script and acting. The story weaves in and out of two layers of society — the masters and the servants — giving us glimpses into the power struggles occurring on each level, and the colourful characters who inhabit both. I particularly enjoy seeing the large-scale production involved in taking care of a household of this magnitude, and the care taken with all the details. Given todayu0026#39;s rapid pace, itu0026#39;s almost peaceful to watch this deliberately slowed pace, and to get a genuine sense of what it was like to be an estate-owner in this period. Housemaids who gossip, independent young men who donu0026#39;t appreciate the butleru0026#39;s code of honour, catty women and genteel sophisticates all combine to make this a very enjoyable romp among the rich of yesteryear!”