The Time Machine (2002)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Simon Wells

Writers (WGA):

H.G. Wells (novel)
David Duncan (earlier screenplay)

Release Date:

8 March 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Adventure | Action

Tagline:

0 to 800,000 years in 1.2 seconds.

Plot:

Hoping to alter the events of the past, a 19th century inventor instead travels 800,000 years into the future, where he finds humankind divided into two warring races.

Plot Keywords:

Time Travel | Hunter | Time Machine | Change | Hunted

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win

Cast

Guy Pearce	...	Alexander Hartdegen
Samantha Mumba	...	Mara
Mark Addy	...	David Filby
Sienna Guillory	...	Emma
Phyllida Law	...	Mrs. Watchett
Alan Young	...	Flower Store Worker
Omero Mumba	...	Kalen
Yancey Arias	...	Toren
Orlando Jones	...	Vox
Jeremy Irons	...	Über-Morlock
Laura Kirk	...	Flower Seller
Josh Stamberg	...	Motorist
John W. Momrow	...	Fifth Avenue Carriage Driver
Max Baker	...	Robber
Jeffrey M. Meyer	...	Central Park Carriage Driver

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of action violence.

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:14 | Finland:K-11 | France:U | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIA | Ireland:12 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:11 | Peru:14 | Philippines:PG-13 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:All | Spain:7 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | UK:PG | USA:PG-13 (certificate #38773)

Filming Locations:

Albany, New York, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

The Time Machine itself was the biggest and most expensive prop ever to be built for a movie at the time.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: Actress Myndy Crist, who is the friendly New Yorker who thinks Alexander Hartdegen's Time Machine is a Cappuccino maker, is listed in the movie credits as "Jogger", but in the entire scene she is walking or unlocking and riding a bicycle, thus her credit should be "Bicyclist", since she isn't Jogging anywhere in the film.

Quotes:

Phillby: A professor from Columbia University should not be corresponding with a crazy German book keeper.
Hartdegen: He's a patent clerk, not a book keeper, and I think Mister Einstein needs all the support I can give him.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Ring Two (2005)

Soundtrack:

Sweet Rosie O'Grady

We 4 hard critics actually liked this film! Great music, and more...

The four of us are in the 40 - 50 age range, and we are fairly tough what we like and do not like in films. It was Friday night and we wanted entertainment. We read the comments below - mostly, but not all negative - and decided to take a gamble. Arriving at the cinema, we were prepared for a bad movie but hoping for 'a good relaxing time'. Well, we *did* like this film! Not a top box office smash or even an 8 out of 10, but entertaining nevertheless. The MUSIC was superb. ACTING was fine. HISTORIC life portrayed in old Cambridge Massachusetts was realistic - even the snow and cold weather was real. The ROMANCE was acceptable. The STORY, while not closely following H G Well, was good enough. The SPECIAL EFFECTS were very good indeed. It is worth a gamble, to see this film. But go with a light heart and an acceptable frame of mind, and keep your expectations below that of a 10 out of 10 film.