Hoping to alter the events of the past, a 19th century inventor instead travels 800,000 years into the future, where he finds mankind divided into two warring races.
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 2 wins & 4 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
They gave The Time Machine a major overhaul and ended up with a clunker.
– Bill Muller,
Arizona Republic,
9 Mar 2002
rotten:
In the new film, it's personal tragedy that provokes the journey, not social upheaval or even scientific curiosity -- which, predictably, makes for a story that's at once more familiar and less interesting.
– Manohla Dargis,
L.A. Weekly,
9 Mar 2002
rotten:
If it's remembered at all, it will be as a time capsule of early-21st-century blockbuster cowardice and redundancy.
– Dennis Lim,
Village Voice,
12 Mar 2002
rotten:
One of those staggeringly well-produced, joylessly extravagant pictures that keep whooshing you from one visual marvel to the next, hastily, emptily.
– Michael Wilmington,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Jul 2002
rotten:
If H.G. Wells had a time machine and could take a look at his kin's reworked version, what would he say? 'It looks good, Sonny, but you missed the point.'