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The Time Machine
It is a story that changes our ideas about the future. The story follows a scientist in the early 1900s who constructs a machine that enables him to travel into the distant future. once there, he discovers our human descendants are divided into two races: a mild gentle race, and a cannibalistic one living underground in a journey that will be exciting and fun.
4 January 1904, London, England, UK
11 January 1930, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
22 June 1920, Chicago, Illinois, USA
8 January 1942, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
25 October 1909, New York City, New York, USA
6 July 1918, London, England, UK
3 July 1896, Liverpool, England, UK
19 November 1919, Tynemouth, Northumberland, England, UK
February 24, 2004
As an adaptation? Sure, not so good. But as a classic sci-fi flick? Yeah, sure, it's harmless.
July 15, 2010
Seen today, The Time Machine remains a reasonably elaborate affair, with impressive production values and fine special effects (even if these are somewhat dated,
June 05, 2007
Parts of it are colorful and imaginative, but the film flattens out toward the end.
April 06, 2006
Pal's movie is a brightly colored sweetmeat with all the indicting political ideology of a buttered scone.
May 09, 2005
The drama, for all its invention, is creaky and a bit passé.
May 22, 2004
Somewhat dated, and not quite up to the source material, but still some good retro fun.
October 06, 2008
A colorful special effects film.
April 23, 2004
A unmistakable product of its time, but lovingly rendered and always respectful of its source.
July 30, 2015
The effects work throughout the film is truly special (the film won an especially well-earned Oscar for them).
March 07, 2004
Still the best.
June 05, 2007
This smashing science-fiction adaptation of H.G. Wells's famous novel has more creativity in every frame than most latter-day rip-offs have in their entirety.
February 09, 2006
The quaint time machine and Oscar-winning special effects hold one's interest initially, but the overall effect is one of glossy emptiness.
