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Clockstoppers (2002)
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Reviews Counted:83
Fresh:23
Rotten:60
Average Rating:4.7/10
Consensus: A pleasant diversion for the young teens, but a waste of time for anyone older.
Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: Zak Gibbs (Jesse Bradford) is a regular teenager who's only got girls and hot rods on his mind, but all that changes when he finds a watch developed by his scientist dad, Dr. George Gibbs (Robin... Zak Gibbs (Jesse Bradford) is a regular teenager who's only got girls and hot rods on his mind, but all that changes when he finds a watch developed by his scientist dad, Dr. George Gibbs (Robin Thomas). One day, while raking leaves with his friend Francesca (Paula Garces), he discovers the watch has special powers. It goes into "hypertime," speeding up the molecular structure of whoever's wearing it, so the rest of the world looks frozen, but is actually just moving much slower. At first Zak and Francesca have a lot of fun playing pranks on people while in hypertime, but soon they realize they are in grave danger. A corrupt corporate drone, Henry Gates (Michael Beihn), wants to use the watch for evil deeds and decides to kill Zak, his dad, and Francesca in the process. Gates kidnaps Dr. Gibbs and Zak and Francesca enlist the help of a kooky scientist, Dr. Earl Dopler (French Stewart, THIRD ROCK FROM THE SUN). The rest is high action camp; it's like THE MATRIX for teens. All the action takes place to a pounding soundtrack that includes artists Smashmouth, Blink 182, Sugar Ray, and Kool Keith. [More]
Starring: Jesse Bradford, Paula Garces, Gariyaki Mutambirwa, Robin Thomas
Starring: Jesse Bradford, Paula Garces, Gariyaki Mutambirwa, Robin Thomas, French Stewart, Michael Biehn
Director: Jonathan Frakes
Director: Jonathan Frakes
Screenwriter: Rob Hedden, J. David Stern, David N. Weiss
Producer: Gale Anne Hurd, Julia Pistor
Composer: Jamshied Sharifi
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Reviews for Clockstoppers
Sit through this one, and you won’t need a magic watch to stop time; your DVD player will do it for you.
A hip ride into hyper-time, Clockstoppers is a lively and enjoyable adventure for all ages at any time.
Sci-fi hijinks and a government conspiracy serve merely as window dressing for a ham-fisted message about the importance of good parenting and owning a car in high school.
I was actually entertained and amused; but overall the movie is adequate and little more.
Time literally stops on a dime in the tries-so-hard-to-be-cool "Clockstoppers," but that doesn't mean it still won't feel like the longest 90 minutes of your movie-going life.
There are some dazzling water effects, but there's not enough to like about the movie to recommend it.
This could be the first movie since "Cool As Ice" that was outdated before it hit the screen.
A high-spirited, genial romp that's suffused with a becoming innocence.
If I were 13, I might be sufficiently entranced by the movie's bicycle stunts ... and wouldn't be wondering why ideas for science fiction films haven't progressed very far from Star Trek's first seasons all those decades ago.
I thought my own watch had stopped keeping time as I slogged my way through Clockstoppers.
This a Nickelodeon movie, and that's where it belongs: on children's cable television.
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