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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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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
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

Through the years, [it's] become genre classic of its own.

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01/01/00
Dragan Antulov
Dragan Antulov
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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
Mark Bourne
DVDJournal.com

The drama, for all its invention, is creaky and a bit passé.

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05/09/05
Bosley Crowther
Bosley Crowther
New York Times
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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
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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Probably edgy and thrilling in its day, The Time Machine hasn't aged so well.

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01/01/00
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

If you're a serious SF fan then you'll no doubt enjoy The Time Machine and agree that it is deservedly the classic that it is held out to be.

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06/06/02
James O'Ehley
James O'Ehley
Sci-Fi Movie Page

Anyone who digs those incredibly cheesy and wonderfully campy '50s sci-fi/horror films won't want to miss out on this one.

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03/05/02
Jon Popick
Jon Popick
Planet Sick-Boy

...the filmmakers managed to mislay most of Mr. Wells' eloquent language and philosophical questions in favor of a simplified Classics Illustrated approach.

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01/01/00
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

A colorful special effects film.

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10/06/08
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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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Quaint sci-fi that's still engaging without being convincing.

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12/04/03
Ken Hanke
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Still the best.

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03/07/04
Kevin A. Ranson
Kevin A. Ranson
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Pure delight, a sci-fi fantasy you will never forget

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10/04/02
James Sanford
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette

The granddaddy of all time travel movies. Grand fun.

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09/08/02
Gerry Shamray
Gerry Shamray
Sun Newspapers of Cleveland

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
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times

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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