The Time Machine
Film200296 min

The Time Machine

Taste attributes: actionadventurescience fictionrobots/ai/spacefastfresh & originalunsavouryimaginarysurrealglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingfish out of water/culture clashsocial commentary

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"The greatest adventure THROUGH all time!"

Boxlist takeAn otherworldly, sweeping sci-fi film: original and pacy. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Taste details

Quality rating

6.1 /10

TMDB · 1,683 votes

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What lines up

  • Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
  • Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

  • Setting / scale: Big / varied, where this profile leans small / confined
  • Emotional punch: Undemanding, where this profile leans emotive / stirring

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Synopsis

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.

Synopsis: TMDB

Taste Attributes

Characteristics

Where this title sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Directed by

  • Simon Wells

Cast

Details

Genre
Action
Year
2002
Runtime
96 min
Status
Released
Studio
DreamWorks Pictures
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