The Time Machine
Seen it?2002 | 96 min | Science Fiction, Adventure, Action
Monday Morning MaybeWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With just 28% on Rotten Tomatoes and a lukewarm 6.4 out of 10 from audiences, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for sci-fi fans and action fans. If you loved Star Trek or X-Men: Days of Future Past, start here.
- The mood
- Mind-bending.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 1 hr 36 min.
- What might put you off
- Nothing much: an easy pick for most people.
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsWeak
28% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudiencesBelow par
6.4 out of 10
- AwardsBelow par
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
- Box office & staying powerSolid
$124 million worldwide on a $80 million budget; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactStrong
About 315K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Simon Wells
- Guy PearceAlexander Hartdegen
- Samantha MumbaMara
- Jeremy IronsÜber-Morlock
- Omero MumbaKalen
- Sienna GuilloryEmma
- Orlando JonesVox
- Mark AddyDavid Filby
- Phyllida LawMrs. Watchett
- Laura KirkFlower Seller
- John W. MomrowFifth Avenue Carriage Driver