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12/30/06
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.
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
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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10/30/02
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
Wells' movie is more content to rip off Tomb Raider than remain faithful to his great-grandfather's book.
05/27/02
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08/12/02
It's passable big-budget trash, with a few diverting moments and a refreshing clarity in the design of the sets and special effects.
03/18/02
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
The far future may be awesome to consider, but from period detail to matters of the heart, this film is most transporting when it stays put in the past.
03/08/02
... an agreeable time-wasting device -- but George Pal's low-tech 1960 version still rules the epochs.
03/08/02
... a far smarter remake of Wells than the 1996 Island of Dr. Moreau, a ludicrous giggle party for Marlon Brando.
03/08/02
Isn't a complete home run, but...is that rare special effects-laden feature that actually uses its brain and has something worthwhile to say.
03/08/02
This is a movie both efficient and vast, both ambitious and conventional, both funny and believable.
04/19/02
A charmingly old-fashioned adventure yarn,...but spruced up with state-of-the-art special effects...an affectionately realized updating of the old tale.
03/07/02
For every cheesy scene, though, there is a really cool bit -- the movie's conception of a future-world holographic librarian (Orlando Jones) who knows everything and answers all questions, is visually smart, cleverly written, and nicely realized.
03/08/02
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