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The Time Machine (1960)

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Reviews Counted: 33

Fresh: 25

Rotten:8

Average Rating: 6.9/10

Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Synopsis: Setting the temporal starting point of the classic H.G. Wells novel in the year 1960 (rather than 1900), this engrossing adaptation follows the Time Traveler as he passes through World Wars I, II,... Setting the temporal starting point of the classic H.G. Wells novel in the year 1960 (rather than 1900), this engrossing adaptation follows the Time Traveler as he passes through World Wars I, II, and III and finally stops in the year 802,701. There he finds an apathetic, placid people called the Eloi and falls in love with one of their number, the beauteous blonde Weena. To his horror, however, he learns that the Eloi's apathy is generated by a maniacal, cannibalistic underworld--and that the only way to help them is to incite a revolution. George Pal's version of THE TIME MACHINE is an exciting and faithful cinematic production of H.G. Wells's 1895 classic. Academy Awards: Best Special Effects. [More]

Starring: Rod Taylor, Alan Young, Yvette Mimieux, Sebastian Cabot

Starring: Rod Taylor, Alan Young, Yvette Mimieux, Sebastian Cabot, Tom Helmore, Whit Bissell, Paul Frees

Director: George Pal

Director: George Pal
Screenwriter: David Duncan
Producer: George Pal
Composer: Russell Garcia

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A colorful special effects film.

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10/06/08
Dennis Schwartz
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07/29/07
Neil Cohen
Echo Magazine

This smashing science-fiction adaptation of H.G. Wells's famous novel has more creativity in every frame than most latter-day rip-offs have in their entirety.

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06/05/07
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Parts of it are colorful and imaginative, but the film flattens out toward the end.

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06/05/07
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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Pal's movie is a brightly colored sweetmeat with all the indicting political ideology of a buttered scone.

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04/06/06
Mark Bourne
DVDJournal.com

The quaint time machine and Oscar-winning special effects hold one's interest initially, but the overall effect is one of glossy emptiness.

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02/09/06
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

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10/07/05
Daniel M. Kimmel
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07/02/05
Emanuel Levy
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The drama, for all its invention, is creaky and a bit passé.

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05/09/05
Bosley Crowther
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04/27/05
Robert Roten
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Somewhat dated, and not quite up to the source material, but still some good retro fun.

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05/22/04
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times

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04/24/04
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

A unmistakable product of its time, but lovingly rendered and always respectful of its source.

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04/23/04
Rob Vaux
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03/18/04
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

Still the best.

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03/07/04
Kevin A. Ranson
MovieCrypt.com

As an adaptation? Sure, not so good. But as a classic sci-fi flick? Yeah, sure, it's harmless.

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02/24/04
Widgett Walls
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01/29/04
Spence D.
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Quaint sci-fi that's still engaging without being convincing.

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12/04/03
Ken Hanke
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08/29/03
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