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- 1979
- PG
- Orion Pictures
- 1 h 52 m
- 1979
- PG
- Orion Pictures
- 1 h 52 m
Summary H.G. Wells pursues Jack the Ripper to the 20th Century when the serial murderer uses the future writer's time machine to escape his time period.
Directed By: Nicholas Meyer
Written By: Karl Alexander, Steve Hayes, Nicholas Meyer
- 1979
- PG
- Orion Pictures
- 1 h 52 m
- 1979
- PG
- Orion Pictures
- 1 h 52 m
Time After Time
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Summary H.G. Wells pursues Jack the Ripper to the 20th Century when the serial murderer uses the future writer's time machine to escape his time period.
Directed By: Nicholas Meyer
Written By: Karl Alexander, Steve Hayes, Nicholas Meyer
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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85% Positive
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
69
85% Positive
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
15% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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It may eventually champion love as the guiding light amidst so much homicidal darkness, but Meyer’s film—happy ending be damned—resonates most deeply when confronting the ugly, inescapable reality that man’s murderous past is likely also his future.
A movie that's as sweet as it is clever, and never so clever that it forgets to be entertaining.
It lacks a certain grace in execution, but this SF/romantic comedy-thriller, directed by Nicholas Meyer from his own novel, is clever and well calculated.
Nicholas Meyer deftly mingles fish-out-of-water comedy and touching romance with discreetly gory danger.
Diverting, polished chase thriller. [28 Sep 1979, p.E1]
For those who expect a tightly-written mixture of the detective and science fiction genres, Time After Time is bound to be a disappointment. It's more of a lighthearted fantasy/romance with a few thriller elements thrown in.
It's a bookish joke which comes unstuck: after nearly two hours the tension has evaporated, and all that's left is a curdle of jokes and brutality.
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Generally Favorable
Based on 9 User Ratings
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Awards
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 4 Wins & 9 Nominations
Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
National Board of Review, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
