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Generally favorable reviews- based on 47 Ratings

  • Starring: Guy Pearce, Yancey Arias
  • Summary: A film version of the visionary novel by H.G. Wells in which a man in the 1890's builds a time machine that sends him into the future.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 33
  2. Negative: 9 out of 33
  1. The film, in its early going, also has a nice light humor about it, and an engaging, albeit tragic, love story.
  2. 60
    Machine makes its look-to-the-future-not-the-past message as clear as a Grammy acceptance speech, but as an exploration of regret and the elusive quality of time, it falls well short of "Memento," another film starring a sad-eyed Pearce.
  3. 60
    The Time Machine is, for the most part, a handsome, pleasant entertainment.
  4. 38
    A witless recycling of the H.G. Wells story from 1895, with the absurdity intact but the wonderment missing.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 30
  2. Negative: 7 out of 30
  1. This is a really good movie. It has a very vintage feel to it that is refreshing and classy. The emotional plot really pulls you in and helps you connect to the characters. I like it mainly because of the science fiction scenarios and the logical what if elements. All in all it is 90% better than 100% of the other films made. Expand
  2. There were some interesting moments in this film. At times it was a lot more exciting than the original, but that is simply because it is newer. But overall, its pretty bad. I would rated a 3, but it visually held my interest longer than that. Expand
  3. cbdd.
    4
    Dumb, dumb, dumb. Fun to watch, but the acting was about the same quality as Barney, the kids' show, and the plot has holes that are miles wide. Some good effects. The last 1/3 is especially lame. Anybody know what Jeremey Irons said in the climax scene????? I replayed it 5 times and still couldn't understand him. Expand
  4. PatC.
    2
    Took all the intrigue out of time travel.

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