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

US TV Schedule:

Fri. Nov. 13	6:20 PM	MAX
Tue. Nov. 17	10:00 PM	MAX

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 passage that Orlando Jones reads to the Eloi people is from Chapter 17 of the Mark Twain novel "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer".

Goofs:

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: It is impossible for the moon to remain in scattered fragments after such a long time as 800,000 years. By that time, gravity would have caused the fragments to fall back together into one contiguous moon or to form a ring around the Earth. However, the later shot of the moon in the far-flung future shows that it is continuing to fracture, indicating that the detonation that cased it to fragment in the first place was much deeper than simply a few stray fragments, and the stretching between the two time periods shows that the pieces are becoming the aforementioned ring.

Quotes:

Vox: [an image of Vox appears] Welcome. How may I help you?
Vox: [Alexander Hartdegen looks behind Vox] Over here.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#27.12)" (2002)

Soundtrack:

See Me Dance the Polka

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.