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12/17/02
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The Time Machine (2002)
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Reviews Counted:146
Fresh:41
Rotten:105
Average Rating:4.8/10
Consensus: This Machine has all the razzle-dazzles of modern special effects, but the movie takes a turn for the worst when it switches from a story about lost love to a confusing action-thriller.
Theatrical Release:Mar 8, 2002 Wide
Box Office: $56,684,819
Synopsis: Scientist and inventor Alexander Hartdegen is determined to prove that time travel is possible. His determination is turned to desperation by a personal tragedy that now drives him to want to... [More]
Starring: Guy Pearce, Jeremy Irons, Orlando Jones, Samantha Mumba
Director: Simon Wells
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Reviews for The Time Machine
I found myself glancing at my timepiece about every ten minutes of the interminable 96-minute running time of this latest tragic remake of a classic genre picture.
12/08/02
Modern take on H.G. Wells's sci-fi classic has great special effects but isn't especially affecting.
11/07/02
If H.G. Wells had a time machine and could take a look at his kin's reworked version, what would he say? 'It looks good, Sonny, but you missed the point.'
11/06/02
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10/30/02
This is a film to look at, not to feel --or care much-- about. It comes down to little more than another s/f flic.
10/21/02
This film is more interested in the flash and dazzle that emits from imaging computers than the ideas that inspired the story in the first place.
10/15/02
A few pieces of the film buzz and whir; very little of it actually clicks. The thing just never gets off the ground.
09/18/02
A catatonic B-schlock-Indiana Jones-video game (trust me, the result is less interesting than it sounds).
08/26/02
After 30 minutes you'll pray for your own Time Machine so you go back to 5 minutes before you decided to see this movie.
08/16/02
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08/12/02
...a spectacular disappointment and a colossal waste of...time.
07/23/02
I love the opening scenes of a wintry New York City in 1899. Cinematic poetry showcases the city's old-world charm before machines change nearly everything.
07/20/02
One of those staggeringly well-produced, joylessly extravagant pictures that keep whooshing you from one visual marvel to the next, hastily, emptily.
07/20/02
Top CriticEverything about this film feels borrowed and recycled.
07/15/02
This new movie is an eye-candy spectacular but it's seriously lacking in the meaning department.
07/12/02
A so-so film version of the great book that looks good, but just isn't very satisfying.
07/09/02
With one barnyard sound effect Orlando Jones sums up the whole Eloi/Morlock issue & was the most memorable moment in the film.
06/21/02
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06/10/02
The secrets of time travel will have been discovered, indulged in and rejected as boring before I see this piece of crap again.
06/04/02
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