Timecrimes

Name: Timecrimes
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller
Released: December 12, 2008
Duration: 92 min
Rating: 68
Cast: Candela Fernández, Karra Elejalde

2008

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Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: December 12, 2008 | R

Starring: Candela Fernández, Karra Elejalde

Summary: Hector is relaxing on a lawn chair outside of his new country home, surveying the nearby hillside through a pair of binoculars, when he catches sight of what appears to be a nude woman amidst the trees. Hiking up to investigate, he is attacked by a sinister figure whose head is wrapped in a grotesque, pink bandage. Fleeing in terror, heHector is relaxing on a lawn chair outside of his new country home, surveying the nearby hillside through a pair of binoculars, when he catches sight of what appears to be a nude woman amidst the trees. Hiking up to investigate, he is attacked by a sinister figure whose head is wrapped in a grotesque, pink bandage. Fleeing in terror, he takes refuge in a laboratory atop the hill, where a lone attendant ushers him in to a peculiar scientific contraption. He emerges what seems to be moments later, only to find that he has traveled back hours in time, setting in motion a brain-twisting, horrifying chain of events when he inadvertently runs into himself. (Magnolia Pictures)… Expand

Director: Nacho Vigalondo

Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller

Rating: R

Runtime: 92 min

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Merle Bertrand

When done well, they are scintillating cinematic brain teasers, and Timecrimes is one of the best time travel films to come along in, er, quite some time. Read full review

Marc Savlov

Timecrimes is a tremendously entertaining bit of Kafka that whirlpools down into "The Twilight Zone." Read full review

Wesley Morris

Vigalondo is only partially capable of building suspense (the film's latter stages contain one knot too many); his achievement owes more to his imagination than his pop craftsmanship. Read full review

Noel Murray

Yet while it isn't that hard to stay a step or two ahead of Timecrimes, the movie is still a nifty little genre piece, an old-fashioned science-fiction mind-game with a healthy dollop of "Oh, the irony." Read full review

Neil Young

As a whole, the picture is, frustratingly, always much more about structure than substance. Read full review

J.R. Jones

Vigalondo explores it (time travel) just enough to keep this thriller moving, and Karra Elejalde is entirely convincing as the unwilling time traveler, who finds himself threatened by not only his past self but his future one as well. Read full review

Gary Goldstein

Only half as clever as it thinks and even less entertaining. Read full review

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RekH.

Jan 28, 2009

Fantastic film! Really worth a watch. Time travel premise with tons of suspense. The direction from Vigalondo and performance from Elejanlde are brilliant in my opinion and really put the viewer in the centre of the action. I loved the way the voyeurism/nudity wasn't gratified or Fantastic film! Really worth a watch. Time travel premise with tons of suspense. The direction from Vigalondo and performance from Elejanlde are brilliant in my opinion and really put the viewer in the centre of the action. I loved the way the voyeurism/nudity wasn't gratified or over-indulged but used as a tool to entice the lead character and viewer, but then avoided when it wasn't necessary - it could easily have become distasteful and inappropriate, but doesn't and therefore adds a lot to the film. The plot twists and turns come thick and fast, and though you'll sometimes find yourself seemingly a step ahead, it never feels predictable. I'd recommend this film to all, though if you're a fan of time travel or suspense thrillers, you should certainly give this film a look.… Expand

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KostersK

Mar 15, 2012

Best foreign film I've seen in a while. If you are in the mood for a suspense, thriller and either can deal with subtitles, enjoy them, or speak Spanish; watch this film! It really was nice to watch a movie that is not a remake, super cliche, or with terrible acting. Speaking of acting,Best foreign film I've seen in a while. If you are in the mood for a suspense, thriller and either can deal with subtitles, enjoy them, or speak Spanish; watch this film! It really was nice to watch a movie that is not a remake, super cliche, or with terrible acting. Speaking of acting, there are really only four actors in this film, two of which are very minor, and one is the director. All together, the acting was superb.Timecrimes flows so well, and without any confusion. A person with little to no understanding in topics like the pseudoscience workings of a time machine, or knowledge of the space time continuum could easily understand what is happening in the film. The movie was close-to perfectly written and pieced together with zero holes that I could find. I seriously may re-watch this movie with my fiance or friends very soon, and it would be totally worth it. For my full review, visit http://visuallyimpairedreviews.blogspot.com/2012/03/timecrimes.html… Expand

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JayH.

Mar 28, 2009

What imagination! Very offbeat Spanish film, with a plot that fascinates as well as bewilders. Interesting direction, excellent score. An admirable effort that is always compelling. Plenty of unexpected twists.

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tonyGreen

Feb 14, 2017

Overall pretty engaging. Two negatives - unrealistic character reactions to events, and lack of motivation in the plot (particularly in Hectors actions in the middle piece). On the plus side there's a pretty clever bit of time-twisty plot logic, and the those twists come so fast your headOverall pretty engaging. Two negatives - unrealistic character reactions to events, and lack of motivation in the plot (particularly in Hectors actions in the middle piece). On the plus side there's a pretty clever bit of time-twisty plot logic, and the those twists come so fast your head won't stop spinning… Expand

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mbeckford

Nov 9, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Oh my God the time traveler in this movie is an idiot! Do as the time machine guys says and DON'T GO ANYWHERE FOR ONE HOUR. But nope, he's gotta go meddle with the timeline and create multiple versions of himself and events. I'm a sucker for time travel flicks, and for a very low budget Spanish import, it was fairly entertaining, but check out the much better "Predestination" instead if you haven't seen it.… Expand

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JLuis_001

Jan 12, 2021

Many people praised Vigalondo for Colossal, which for me was a huge disappointment, but from everything I've seen of him so far, this is his best film.

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Colbert

Sep 11, 2016

$2.6m budget for this! It would be difficult to justify $50k. Weak time loop trite. Watch it for a laugh but don't expect any special effects apart from a bit of tomato sauce.

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