Timestalker review: "A deliciously offbeat paranormal comedy from Alice Lowe"
Timestalker is a deliciously offbeat paranormal comedy from Alice Lowe that invites repeat viewings.
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GamesRadar+ VerdictA deliciously offbeat paranormal comedy that invites repeat viewings. The more you come back to it, the more details you’ll spot.Why you can trust GamesRadar+Our experts review games, movies and tech over countless hours, so you can choose the best for you.Find out more about our reviews policy.Writer/director/star Alice Lowe follows 2016’s Prevenge with another bold, challenging, and pleasingly bonkers comedy. This one is a ‘reincarnation rom-com’ in which her character Agnes repeatedly falls for the same bloke, Alex (Aneurin Barnard), over the centuries.The kicker is that he’s shallow and uninterested in her, but she won’t take no for an answer, whether they’re in Victorian England or ’80s New York. Each time, she suffers an untimely demise, before the same characters are reincarnated with her around a century later.Nick Frost is George, an abusive husband in one era, a stalker in another. Jacob Anderson’s Scipio is a servant, a pop star’s …