The Time Machine

But yeah, it's quite a nice mainstream idea - an effort to reach a wider audience, even though there is a film from 1960 that did it much better. This can only be justified by the fact that it tries to build on the legacy of H. G. Wells, but without understanding his attempts to criticize society a little bit. (26/11/2015)

The special effects - without reservations. Pearce and Irons - the same. It's worse with the story. It's kind of bland (I read the book and I know that it's not the most interesting either), and Samantha Mumba is a nice-looking girl, but like the main character I probably wouldn't choose her. A slightly above average film with good music. (18/09/2009)

How to evaluate this matter? A high-budget film created as a calculated calculation of the studio and the director. The invested money is evident in the visual aspect, a number of tricks are interesting even with the passage of time, but the script is incredibly stupid and offensive. I have no understanding for this type of production, it only brings shame to my favorite genre. Scenes from the future seem like a deterrent case of creative dementia. Overall impression 25%. (25/11/2007)

A tragicomic example of how a good book can be turned into a first-class travesty. The first half hour is still fine, it has momentum, is quite imaginative and the time shift is masterfully executed. But from the moment Pearce gets to the far future, the film becomes hopeless, starting with a silly plot that goes against the book, and ending with the costumes of the Morlocks and the cardboard sets – an unbelievable shitshow. And poor Jeremy Irons looks like the bizarre guy who offered Nicolas Cage the S&M porn tapes in 8 MM. Simon Wells, I don't know, I don't know, great-grandpa wouldn't be happy. (27/12/2002)

Simon Wells is admirably clever in that he was able to glue together this slushy band of time cards into at least a bit of a fun sequence... but it is a futile endeavor to look for something above-average and lasting in this train wreck between Planet of the Apes and a Jules Verne Disney adaptation. I am adding a star for the likeable Guy Pearce... and for the fact that my evening went by quickly. (21/09/2009)