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See You Yesterday

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Two teenage science prodigies spend every spare minute working on their latest homemade invention: backpacks that enable time travel. When one of their older brothers is killed, they put their unfinished project to the test to save him.
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Critics Consensus

See You Yesterday marries a novel sci-fi premise with urgent social relevance and forges something excitedly new from the union -- providing an impressive showcase for star Eden Duncan-Smith and debut writer-director Stefon Bristol.

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Maya Phillips The New Yorker 05/29/2019
Though the movie encounters some of the usual pitfalls of time-travel plots (predictability, muddled rules) and sports some hokey, eighties-style special effects, what it offers in terms of diversity and messaging is a treasure. Go to Full Review Soraya Nadia McDonald Andscape 05/18/2019
No matter the inspired cinematography or considered, authentic performances, these stories carry a weight of inevitability as they suck every particle of hope out of the air. Go to Full Review Adam Graham Detroit News 05/17/2019
B
The teenagers speak with authentic voices, and Bristol builds a believable world for them (they conduct their science experiments inside Sebastian's grandmother's garage) without bogging them down in science. Go to Full Review Daniel Hart Ready Steady Cut 10/25/2024
3.55
See You Yesterday is colorful and fun, but it also manages to achieve some critical themes, giving the film a different genre, almost. Go to Full Review Lonita Cook KCTV5 News at 9 09/29/2021
A very different blend [of genres]... I think for the most part it's unsuccessful. Go to Full Review Robert Roten Laramie Movie Scope 01/31/2021
B
This movie has a very attractive cast of talented young actors who go a long way towards making this downbeat story more palatable. It was also a treat to see the most famous time traveler of all in the film, Michael J. Fox. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Adella R @RT09796743 Jul 10 I takes quite a lot to make me rate a movie less than a star. This movie was absolute rubbish. I kept waiting for it to get better ... but it didn't. I should have cut my losses and just stopped watching it. What a huge disappointment. The acting was ok ... but the plot was the thing that let it down. And don't get me started on the ending. See more David H @rivrocks Jul 8 Spike Lee is the director's mentor. It doesn't show. The holes in the screenplay are perplexing, as are some of the casting decisions. Maybe if there was any discernible moral to the story I could have overlooked some of the ineptitudes. Takeaways: Don't travel back in time, don't live in Flatbush, and don't waste your time watching this movie. See more Michael K @RT92820932 Oct 27 Don't get the haters on this one. It was a fun well acted and constructed scifi. If you like the genre in general you should be a fan. See more Ryan V. @anothermovieguy Oct 16 Horrible movie that make cops look like villains, the story is flawed and hard to process. Also the fact that so many smart people are in a neighborhood like this this is and getting no recognition makes no sense. This movie is cash grabby, cheap, and only good if you only watched colored movies. See more Brian H @RT75185884 04/01/2025 It's not Primer or the Avengers and it's not trying to be. What it is is a good story about a girl and her relationship to those around her. This movie seems to get a lot of negative reviews because the science isn't taken too seriously and the effects aren't spectacular, but that's missing what the movie is actually about. If you're looking for hard, deep sci-fi this isn't it. If you want a film about people and how they care about each other that uses time travel and sciency words to help move the real story along then you'll probably like this. See more Livia D @RT33691002 03/15/2025 I personally enjoyed this movie a lot, to me what makes it great it's the story line and the ending and ehat it represents. See more Read all reviews
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Stefon Bristol

Director

Eden Duncan-Smith

Claudette "CJ" Walker

Dante Crichlow

Sebastian J. Thomas

Astro

Calvin Walker

Marsha Stephanie Blake

Phaedra Walker

Myra Lucretia Taylor

Gloria Thomas

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Movie Info

Synopsis Two teenage science prodigies spend every spare minute working on their latest homemade invention: backpacks that enable time travel. When one of their older brothers is killed, they put their unfinished project to the test to save him.
Director
Stefon Bristol
Producer
Spike Lee
Screenwriter
Stefon Bristol, Fredrica Bailey
Production Co
40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks
Genre
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
May 17, 2019
Runtime
1h 26m