What's the Difference between The Time Traveler's Wife the Book and The Time Traveler's Wife the Movie?
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Henry DeTamble
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Henry DeTamble
Portrayed by: Eric Bana
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Clare Abshire
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Clare Abshire
Portrayed by: Rachel McAdams
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The Time Traveler's Wife Book vs Movie
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In the Movie |
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When they first meet in the present, Clare gives Henry her diary which contains the dates of all their meetings. |
Clare writes the dates in her diary, and shows them to Henry when they meet in the present. She does not give him the diary and gets upset when she finds him reading it later. |
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Gomez who is the boyfriend of Clare's friend is in love with her. They sleep together in college while drunk. After Henry dies he tries to get together with her again, but she mistakenly calls him Henry and he is offended. |
Gomez is Henry's friend and no mention is made of any feelings he might have for Clare.
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Clare is sexually assaulted, and burned by a cigarette when she was in high school. Eventually she takes Henry to th e guy and he beats him up. |
Not shown in the movie. |
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Henry travels forward and meets his 10 year old daughter Alba. They meet at the Art institute of Chicago. |
They meet at a natural history museum.
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Clare and Henry share their fist kiss when Clare is 15 after having a fight. Henry appears again a few times before they are reunited in the present. |
They have their first kiss when she is 18 and it is also the last time they see each other before meeting in the present two years later. |