…this 2002 edition wasn’t quite the definitive version of the HG Wells time-travelling story we were looking for, but it’s not awful; there’s a few vestiges from a bigger, better film, a few sly grace notes which make it worth the watch….

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 20, 2025

An underappreciated movie anchored by a fine lead performance by Guy Pearce.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 26, 2022

While I appreciate the ambition... all it made me do is want to watch the one from 1960.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 26, 2021

Many things have changed from both the famous source material and the 1960 feature by George Pal that simply aren't as amusing.

| Original Score: 3/10 | Nov 9, 2020

Large swaths of the story don't make sense, though there is brilliance in a few minor plot points.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Sep 25, 2020

With a nice mix of light humor, action, adventure and some thought-provoking ideas, The Time Machine is an interesting look at "What If." And it's got some really cool gizmos to boot.

| Nov 9, 2019

A good movie based on H.G. Wells' classic novel.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 29, 2010

A loud annoying movie with poor directing and plot holes galore...

| Original Score: 1/4 | Apr 29, 2009

Although it gets off to a decent start, this "Time Machine" breaks down when it gets to the distant future, which in this case isn't a good place to be stranded.

| Mar 27, 2009

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 7, 2008

The Time Machine is harmless, if ineffectual fun.

| Jul 2, 2008

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Dec 7, 2007

This remake of the 1960 sci-fi feature (based on Wells famous novel) fails to take advantage of the new technology to make the tale more effective.

Full Review | Original Score: C- | Jan 9, 2007

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 30, 2006

Dishwater: 10, Wells: 0

| Apr 6, 2006

| Original Score: 0.5/5 | Dec 6, 2005

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 30, 2005

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Mar 14, 2005

If I had a time machine that could take me back only four hours, I'd take my nine dollars, find the original movie at a video store, and spend the rest on an In N'Out Burger.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 19, 2003

...The computer-generated wizardry is certainly present and accounted for, even if the opportunity for social commentary or literary integrity has been left largely untapped.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Feb 8, 2003