
Based on the classic sci-fi novel by H.G. Wells, scientist and inventor, Alexander Hartdegen, 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.... (Full plot summary below)
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Based on the classic sci-fi novel by H.G. Wells, scientist and inventor, Alexander Hartdegen, 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.
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| Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldFor the most part, it's imaginatively staged and consistently entertaining. |
| Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaThe film, in its early going, also has a nice light humor about it, and an engaging, albeit tragic, love story. |
| New Times (L.A.)Gregory WeinkaufDelivers a thoughtful what-if for the heart as well as the mind. |
| Washington PostDesson ThomsonAmazingly stilted before accelerating into its exciting finish. |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenA revisiting of George Pal's 1960 adaptation of the H. G. Wells novel. Pal's take on the book was visually delightful and occasionally clever; this one is always workmanlike and mainly pedestrian. |
| The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsMachine 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. |
| Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumAs old-fashioned movie fun, this isn't bad, even -- especially? -- when it skirts the edge of silliness, and it's better than the 1960 George Pal version. |
| Salon.comCharles TaylorThe Time Machine is, for the most part, a handsome, pleasant entertainment. |
| Washington PostStephen HunterWeirdly disjointed and uncertain as to tone. |
| Boston GlobeJay CarrThe best thing about the new film of H.G. Wells's The Time Machine is the machine. |