| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C- |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
"If only we could go back in time and pretend it was never made...." more... |
D- |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"...a witless recycling of the H.G. Wells story from 1895, with the absurdity intact but the wonderment missing." more... |
C- |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington |
"...one of those staggeringly well-produced, joylessly extravagant pictures that keep whooshing you from one visual marvel to the next, hastily, emptily." more... |
D+ |
CNN.com
Paul Tatara |
"...surprisingly inert for a movie in which the main character travels back and forth between epochs." more... |
D |
Contra Costa Times
Mary F. Pols |
"... there are some nifty moments here that make this new version worth checking out." more... |
B |
| E! Online |
"...Pearce mistakenly keeps it earnest while he should've cranked up the swashbuckling for fun." more... |
C |
Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt |
"...honors many of the conventions and ideas from Wells' fin de siecle novel while giving the futuristic elements more plausible underpinnings." more... |
B- |
LA Times
Kenneth Turan |
"The film creates a visually rich setting but takes a sudden and disconcerting turn in the second half." more... |
C- |
New York Times
Elvis Mitchell |
"Wells's original material has been picked clean here by sharp-eyed scavengers availing themselves of his concepts." more... |
D+ |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"The best thing I can say about the newest cinematic version of the H.G. Wells classic is that reading the book won't spoil the film, because the two have little in common." more... |
C |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"...compelling in its first half-hour." more... |
C |
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