A film that doesn’t hinge on its sci-fi elements so much as it sets a flawed man loose in an intensely challenging situation and leaves us captivated in the time we spend watching him find his way out of it.

| Apr 20, 2023

There is not a dull moment in the film and as it speeds along to its chilling climax, we can do only one thing. Watch.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 2, 2019

If you like the trickster films of Christopher Nolan (Memento, The Prestige), chances are you'll like Timecrimes.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 12, 2018

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 18, 2011

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 17, 2011

Hector's insane time-travel journey is an excellent example of high-concept sci-fi.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 1, 2011

Watching "Timecrimes" is like stumbling in a pitch-black haunted house. Hitting walls where paths should be is fun, and time-travel tropes of choice versus fate are inventively goosed. Even with five minutes left, it could conclude in any number of ways.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Nov 1, 2010

The idyllic but mundane world of the film's opening segues smoothly into a sequence out of a highly intelligent slasher film, before finally settling into its niche as a darkly funny, and at times mildly disturbing, sci-fi thriller.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Jun 12, 2010

That rarest of rare things: an intelligent time-travel movie that actually holds together on closer examination.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 22, 2009

While I enjoyed the film a great deal, I honestly wonder if there'd be this amount of hoopla if the picture, say, starred a yamhead like Val Kilmer and was set in New Jersey.

Full Review | Original Score: B- | Aug 13, 2009

A smart, occasionally thrilling science fiction tale...

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 12, 2009

A tight little movie where every setup is paid off

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Apr 21, 2009

As a director, Vigalondo sweeps you up into his tale and keeps you running at what seems like full speed toward the finish line.

| Apr 1, 2009

The key here is to keep things moving without letting the logical (or illogical) complications weigh down the action, and [director] Vigalondo does this well.

| Original Score: B | Mar 13, 2009

Nacho Vigalondo's bleak time-travel thriller... [chronicles the travails of a] classic film noir schmuck: No matter what he does, sooner or later fate will stick out her foot and trip him up.

| Mar 1, 2009

His film is satisfying in its clever construction and vivid style.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 12, 2009

The first feature by a promising young director who doesn't know how to recapture the hare he has let loose.

| Feb 12, 2009

A film that exemplifies the popular artistic notion of inescapable tragic destiny.

| Original Score: B | Feb 11, 2009

An enterprising Spanish time-travel thriller, that's light on DeLoreans and lightning bolts, but heavy on fiendish cross-currents of temporal interaction.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 6, 2009

Fiendishly convoluted and stylishly crafted, Time Crime is a low-budget sci-fi thriller from Spain that ably demonstrates the value of a neat idea, cleverly executed.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 5, 2009