A Day Out of Time

This young adult, coming of age film features two teenagers who couldn’t be more different: a quirky fifteen year old girl from 2016, and a straight laced sixteen year old boy from 1942. When Ernie Atwood finds himself propelled forward through time and into the unusual life of Libby (Liberty America Fletcher, born September 12, 2001), he must convince her and her friends that he really is from the past. Libby and her trusting friends and family work to send Ernie back home. Will they make it in time? Is it the right choice? What will Ernie and Libby do with their new-found friendship and how does it affect their own futures?

The part of blue-haired, Frappuccino loving Libby is portrayed by the incomparable Amandla Stenberg, and the tall, buttoned and pressed Ernie is played by Evan Peters. The pair show the intricacies of friendship and growing up and how it has changed from the Second World War to the present day. Ernie, who was prepared to lie about his age in order to enlist in the army, learns from Libby that it is ok to be young and not to let go of your innocence too soon. Libby, however, learns from Ernie the benefit of responsibility and thinking about the future. While they are so different from the other, both Ernie and Libby are able to put aside all of their differences and just live in the moment for their one-day, out of time, whirlwind romance; a love that spans decades and creates bonds that last forever.