A so-so film version of the great book that looks good, but just isn't very satisfying.
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07/09/02
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
Reviews for The Time Machine
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
In the year 802,701, mankind has split into two races, animal life is nowhere to be found, the Earth has been pulverized by the accidental destruction of the moon and Cher is still undoubtedly enjoying a successful recording career.
06/03/02
Apesar de seus graves problemas, o filme consegue entreter.
05/30/02
“The Time Machine” is a movie that has no interest in itself. It doesn’t believe in itself, it has no sense of humor…it’s just plain bored.
05/25/02
. It's a brilliant revision of the book and it offers a motivation for the invention that's lacking in the first film version.
05/20/02
Pitiful entertainment, succeeding neither as spectacle, as action-adventure, or as love story.
05/09/02
The movie simply meanders along, making things up as it goes, and it shows.
04/24/02
This is a movie both efficient and vast, both ambitious and conventional, both funny and believable.
04/19/02
While comparisons are inevitable, if you go into the 2002 film willing to look at it on its own merits, you will be rewarded.
04/16/02
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04/15/02
All dressed up as some sort of popcorn blockbuster, but it has no idea how to go about getting its job done.
04/09/02
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04/03/02
Neglects the author's fundamental vision.
03/25/02
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03/24/02
Top CriticIt'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
full of wondrous images and nothing coherent to say about them
03/17/02
The filmmakers needed more emphasis on the storytelling and less on the glamorous machine that thrusts the audience into a future they won't much care about.
03/16/02
I think The Time Machine will hold your interest. But I had the sense they were just whetting my appetite here-that the film could have been significantly more than it was.
03/15/02
Here Wells' story has been stripped of whatever intelligence even the 1960 movie had.
03/14/02
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