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Joe Baltake
Sacramento Bee Movie Critic
If you're not yet sick of cheesy computer-generated special effects, the new version of "The Time Machine" should cinch it. H.G. Wells' wonderful story -- from his 1895 novel -- has been blunted and dumbed-down, all for the sake of keeping 12-year-olds of all ages gleefully distracted by a hectic series of pops, sparks, bursts and rapidly moving images. ...
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
Pearce, as the hero, makes the mistake of trying to give a good and realistic performance. Irons at least knows what kind of movie he's in, and hams it up accordingly. Pearce seems thoughtful, introspective, quiet, morose. ...
Bob Strauss
L.A. Daily News
Adapted by John Logan with the same hulking obviousness that marked his "Gladiator" screenplay and directed with equal amounts of confusion, cleverness, inspiration and ineptitude by the original author's great-grandson, Simon Wells, this souped-up special-effects extravaganza inarguably has moments of visual and thematic wonder. But there's a choppy, surface-effect feeling to the whole enterprise. ...
David Elliott
San Diego Union-Tribune
"The Time Machine" has gained by its trip forward from 1960, when the H.G. Wells fantasy was filmed by George Pal. Director Simon Wells, previously an animation man and at least imaginatively related to the famous writer, is not quite the recognized visionary that Pal and old H.G. were. But his modern effects and design make quite a leap ahead. ...
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The Time Machine
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(2002)
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Overview:
Scientist and inventor Alexander Hartdegen (Guy Pearce) is determined to prove that time travel is possible. His determination is turned to desperation by a personal tragedy that now drives him to want to change the past. Testing his theories with a time machine of his own invention, Hartdegen is hurtled 800,000 years into the future, where he discovers that mankind has divided into the hunter... and the hunted.
Starring:
Guy Pearce, Samantha Mumba, Sienna Guillory, Orlando Jones, Mark Addy, Phyllida Law and Jeremy Irons
Directed by:
Simon Wells and Gore Verbinski (uncredited)
Written by:
John Logan (Based on the book by H.G. Wells)
Cinematographer:
Donald McAlpine
Composer:
Klaus Badelt
Studio:
DreamWorks and Warner Bros.
Release Date:
March 8, 2002
MPAA Rating:
(PG-13) - for intense sequences of action violence
Running Time:
96 minutes
Websites:
Official Site
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