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Overview

User Rating:
5.6/10   29,849 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
H.G. Wells (novel)
David Duncan (earlier screenplay)
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Release Date:
8 March 2002 (USA) more
Tagline:
0 to 800,000 years in 1.2 seconds. more
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. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win more
NewsDesk:
(48 articles)
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User Reviews:
We 4 hard critics actually liked this film! Great music, and more... more (573 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of action violence.
Runtime:
96 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The Time Machine itself was the biggest and most expensive prop ever to be built for a movie at the time. more
Goofs:
Plot holes: If Alexander's original departure point was on February 3, 1903, then Alexander would be visible in his house making the time machine during the 1899-2030 time travel sequence. However, he is absent. more
Quotes:
Über-Morlock: Who are you, to question 800,000 years... of evolution? more
Movie Connections:
Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#27.12)" (2002) more
Soundtrack:
See Me Dance the Polka more

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41 out of 56 people found the following review useful.
We 4 hard critics actually liked this film! Great music, and more..., 11 May 2002
Author: nz man from New Zealand

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.

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