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  • 2021
  • R
  • Lionsgate Films
  • 1 h 51 m
  • 2021
  • R
  • Lionsgate Films
  • 1 h 51 m

Summary If love is in the form of a circle, what lines would you cross to be with your soulmate? Nick and Janine (Leslie Odom, Jr. and Cynthia Erivo) live in marital bliss, until Janine’s ex-husband (Orlando Bloom) warps time to try to tear them apart using Nick’s college girlfriend (Frieda Pinto). As Nick’s memories and reality disappear, he mu...

Directed By: John Ridley

Written By: Robert Silverberg

  • 2021
  • R
  • Lionsgate Films
  • 1 h 51 m
  • 2021
  • R
  • Lionsgate Films
  • 1 h 51 m

Needle in a Timestack

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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Summary If love is in the form of a circle, what lines would you cross to be with your soulmate? Nick and Janine (Leslie Odom, Jr. and Cynthia Erivo) live in marital bliss, until Janine’s ex-husband (Orlando Bloom) warps time to try to tear them apart using Nick’s college girlfriend (Frieda Pinto). As Nick’s memories and reality disappear, he mu...

Directed By: John Ridley

Written By: Robert Silverberg

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 12 Critic Reviews
42
17% Positive
2 Reviews
58% Mixed
7 Reviews
25% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 12 Critic Reviews
42
17% Positive
2 Reviews
58% Mixed
7 Reviews
25% Negative
3 Reviews

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67
Oct 13, 2021
I don’t think John Ridley’s Needle in a Timestack (adapted from the short story by Robert Silverberg) quite reaches the full potential of its conceit, but it comes close while overcoming any early preconceptions.
By Jared Mobarak FULL REVIEW
50
Oct 24, 2021
Despite a great cast, Needle in a Timestack lets the fuzzy logic time travel tropes trample the characters and our care for them and their plights.
By Tara Bennett FULL REVIEW
50
Oct 15, 2021
While Needle in a Timestack aims to be profound, it loses itself within the sci-fi premise rather than exploring the central romance in any detail.
By Mae Abdulbaki FULL REVIEW
50
Oct 14, 2021
Odom, surely one of the busiest actors working today, gives a committed performance but lacks chemistry with either of his onscreen wives. A sense of lightness, of fun, of the alchemy between two people is missing, though it would seem crucial to drive the story.
By Michael Ordoña FULL REVIEW
50
Oct 14, 2021
The movie is almost all conversations, most of which are intriguing and sensitively structured, with little action. It’s enough, but not worth changing the world for.
By Bob Strauss FULL REVIEW
33
Oct 15, 2021
Though the movie is clearly enamored with its own creativity, it’s not fun for anyone else. The title alone has already inspired titters online, and the movie is just as clunky and overwrought.
By Jude Dry FULL REVIEW
25
Oct 13, 2021
The film is too blinded by manufactured sentimentality to see the more compelling what-if scenario lying right in front of its eyes.
By Mark Hanson FULL REVIEW

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Production Company BRON Studios, Creative Wealth Media Finance, Ember20, Montana North Media
Release Date Oct 15, 2021
Duration 1 h 51 m
Rating R
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Tagline Love is drawn in the form of a circle.
Website https://www.lionsgate.com/movies/needle-in-a-timestack
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