Hilarious an ti-romance Timestalken flat biopic Widow Clicquot

The hilarious antiromance Timestalker by Lowe the Prevenge (2016) writer-director's sophomore feature - confirms the comedienne as British indie cinema's latest bright wit.

- Whang Yee Ling

TIMESTALKER (NC16) 91 minutes, opens on Nov 21 ****i?

The story: Across history, hapless Agnes (Alice Lowe) falls for the same dashing stranger (Aneurin Barnard), dies violently in her unrequited pursuit of him, and is reincarnated a century later to begin anew the cycle of disappointment and death.

It all begins in 1688 Scotland, when spinster peasant Agnes beholds heretic preacher Alex being led to the gallows. She is smitten. While running to him, bedazzled, she trips on a poleaxe and is impaled. "I will find you,', she says.

And she does, over and over: in 1793 Georgian England, where she is a bored aristocrat trophy wife and he is a sexy highwayman; as a Victorian-era schoolteacher; as a stalker fan of his sulky pop idol in 1980s New York; in 1940 and on to a dystopian 2117.

The futile quest to simply catch his attention ends always in her decapitation.

As the actress-star, Lowe delivers the bawdy Monty Python-esque gags with delicious deadpan snap.