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Movie critics combined give Timeline (2003) a score of 2.0459 out of 4
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Timeline (2003) scores a combined 1.20 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles Times (Manohla Dargis)Los Angeles Times (Manohla Dargis)
Donner's most calamitous mistake, however, was forgetting to light the screenplay on fire and catapult it from the nearest trebuchet. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Los Angeles Times (Manohla Dargis)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 1.20 out of 4 stars for The New York Times (Stephen Holden)The New York Times (Stephen Holden)
Doesn't have a genuinely human moment. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at The New York Times (Stephen Holden)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 1.20 out of 4 stars for Empire Movies (Brendan Cullin)Empire Movies (Brendan Cullin)
...read the complete Timeline movie review at Empire Movies (Brendan Cullin)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 1.20 out of 4 stars for Washington Post (Ann Hornaday)Washington Post (Ann Hornaday)
One part historical drama and one part futuristic adventure, Timeline resembles a "Star Trek" episode by way of ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Washington Post (Ann Hornaday)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 1.20 out of 4 stars for Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
The characters are such cardboard cutouts and the plot so thin, you'll wish the Monty Python gang could come and wreak havoc on the film. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 1.20 out of 4 stars for Washington Post (Richard Harrington)Washington Post (Richard Harrington)
Time travels, but it sure doesn't fly by in this debacle. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Washington Post (Richard Harrington)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Detroit News (Tom Long)Detroit News (Tom Long)
This Dude, Where's My Sword -time travel mess is funnier than a good many intentional comedies. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Detroit News (Tom Long)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)
A cross between Jurassic Park and those traveling Renaissance fairs where gnawing on turkey legs and peering at the padded bosoms of college kids pretending to be wenches is supposed to make us feel medieval. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Atlantic City Weekly (Lori Hoffman)Atlantic City Weekly (Lori Hoffman)
...the rare time travel movie that does nothing interesting or clever with modern humans in an ancient setting... ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Atlantic City Weekly (Lori Hoffman)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)
Timeline might be better subtitled Gidget Goes Feudal. All we need do is substitute swords for surfboards. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) (Linda Cook)Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) (Linda Cook)
What with all the holiday hubbub, you certainly don’t have time for “Timeline,” a lackluster sci-fi flick that would have been more at home as a television original. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) (Linda Cook)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
It’s Paul Walker escaping with his costume from Castle Cameos Pictures at the Las Vegas Excalibur. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for San Jose Mercury News (Glenn Lovell)San Jose Mercury News (Glenn Lovell)
This dunderheaded mix of sci-fi and medieval skull-bashing should have been called Monty Python and the Holey Time Machine . ...read the complete Timeline movie review at San Jose Mercury News (Glenn Lovell)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Oscar Guy (Wesley Lovell)Oscar Guy (Wesley Lovell)
With the exception of the original "Jurassic Park", films based on Crichton's novels have been not only unsuccessful but horrendously awful. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Oscar Guy (Wesley Lovell)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald)Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald)
An accidental comedy trapped in sci-fi/action garb, like those actors swathed in their medieval tunics, stumbling and lurching along. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Baltimore Sun (--)Baltimore Sun (--)
...read the complete Timeline movie review at Baltimore Sun (--)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
If this were a good movie, we would cheer for the students to dodge the flaming arrows. This isn't a good movie. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
A cartoonish, ludicrous and (unintentionally) hilarious piece of action fluff that wouldn't fool a 10-year-old. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Gives Gigli serious competition for worst film of the year honors. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)
Trying to make sense of it and still stay involved through the duration of its 116 minutes is about as meaningless and unrewarding as...well, Timeline itself. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Sue Pierman)Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Sue Pierman)
Many scenes trigger memories of Monty Python and the Holy Grail , prompting laughter where there should be suspense and angst. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Sue Pierman)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for KBTV-NBC (Beaumont, TX) (Danny Minton)KBTV-NBC (Beaumont, TX) (Danny Minton)
I can certainly empathize with the characters in this film because for two hours I too was in Medieval Hell. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at KBTV-NBC (Beaumont, TX) (Danny Minton)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Fantastica Daily (Mervius)Fantastica Daily (Mervius)
Am I supposed to show an ounce of respect for a movie that drops modern-day folks into the 14th century and can’t be bothered to acknowledge the slightest language barrier? ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Fantastica Daily (Mervius)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)
I kept expecting someone to run into the Knights Who Say ‘Ni.’ ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
An instant contender for cult status on the midnight-movie circuit, where lines like 'Do we look like quantum wormhole specialists?' will be given the respect they deserve. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Christian Science Monitor (Stephanie Cook Broadhurst)Christian Science Monitor (Stephanie Cook Broadhurst)
Based on Michael Crichton's bestseller, this action film plays more like a comedy filled with TV acting and cliché one-liners. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Christian Science Monitor (Stephanie Cook Broadhurst)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Palo Alto Weekly (Jeanne Aufmuth)Palo Alto Weekly (Jeanne Aufmuth)
A tired thriller guaranteed to get lost amidst the cerebral and artsy offerings of the holidays ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Palo Alto Weekly (Jeanne Aufmuth)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Newsday (Gene Seymour)Newsday (Gene Seymour)
Whatever provocative notions this concept carried are smothered over by dissonance and contrivance. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Newsday (Gene Seymour)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt)St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt)
You could argue the filmmakers are saying that communicating about love has always been tricky. Or you could argue some dialogue is rank, no matter what century it's in. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Movie Gazette (Gary Panton)Movie Gazette (Gary Panton)
Quite possibly the least inventive time travel flick of all time. 'Timewaste' would have been a far more appropriate title. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Movie Gazette (Gary Panton)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for The Reel McCoy (Patrick McCoy)The Reel McCoy (Patrick McCoy)
Oh boy. This is going to be fun. Why? Because it isn't often that I see a movie that sucks as much as this one does, and it is refreshing to be able to critique, criticize, and complain since in most of my reviews I usually applaud, commend, and acclaim. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at The Reel McCoy (Patrick McCoy)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Boston Herald (Ed Symkus)Boston Herald (Ed Symkus)
...read the complete Timeline movie review at Boston Herald (Ed Symkus)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Timeline gives Gigli serious competition for worst film of the year honors. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
The film bumbles along with some fairly good action. The director, Richard Donner ("Conspiracy Theory"), is a good action director, and it shows here. There are plenty of sword fights, an army storming a castle, the rescue of a princess in danger and ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for The Popkorn JunkieThe Popkorn Junkie
Overall, "Timeline" is one of those films that focuses 99.9% of its energy and action and .01% of its energy and plot and character development. Do we care about Paul Walker? No. Do we wish he would get naked and go jousting? Well, that is ...read the complete Timeline movie review at The Popkorn Junkie
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Portland Oregonian (Kim Morgan)Portland Oregonian (Kim Morgan)
Compare it with the book, and it stinks. Look at the film on its own, and it still stinks. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Portland Oregonian (Kim Morgan)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Killer Movie Reviews (Andrea Chase)Killer Movie Reviews (Andrea Chase)
TIMELINE is the latest of Michael Crichton's novels to be translated to the silver screen. For those unfamiliar with Mr. Crichton's oeuvre, he churns them out like Wisconsin turns out cheese wheels and, as with any mass production concern, quality ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Killer Movie Reviews (Andrea Chase)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow)Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow)
Timeline lacks potency, drive, wit and personality -- all the things that make escapism worthwhile. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Boston Globe (Wesley Morris)Boston Globe (Wesley Morris)
The trouble with the movie is basically everything. It's long, sloppy, and -- to both the quantum-physics ignorant and informed -- steadily implausible, never exciting in either its skill or its ludicrousness. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Boston Globe (Wesley Morris)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Boston GlobeBoston Globe
In "Timeline," an international group of archeologists travel from their 21st-century perches back to the France of the less civilized 1300s. There is action. There is history. There is science. There is love. There is the awful feeling that you've ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Boston Globe
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
An instant contender for cult status on the midnight-movie circuit, where lines like "Do we look like quantum wormhole specialists?" will be given the respect they deserve. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for eCinemaCenter.com (Gabe Leibowitz)eCinemaCenter.com (Gabe Leibowitz)
Donner performs an appendectomy on the story with a rusty butter knife, butchering it in every way imaginable. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at eCinemaCenter.com (Gabe Leibowitz)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Three Movie Buffs (Eric Nash)Three Movie Buffs (Eric Nash)
Dumb, Dumb movie. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Three Movie Buffs (Eric Nash)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for SF, Horror and Fantasy Film ReviewSF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review
In the 1970s, novelist Michael Crichton found some success with screen adaptations of his books, the extraterrestrial virus film The Andromeda Strain (1971) and the neurosurgical Frankenstein film The Terminal Man (1974). Michael Crichton ...read the complete Timeline movie review at SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 0.80 out of 4 stars for IGN Movies (Jeff Otto)IGN Movies (Jeff Otto)
Timeline is offensively bad. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at IGN Movies (Jeff Otto)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 0.80 out of 4 stars for Orlando Weekly (Steve Schneider)Orlando Weekly (Steve Schneider)
Clumsy exposition, convenient coincidences, wild assumptions and blatant foreshadowing drive the story. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Orlando Weekly (Steve Schneider)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 0.80 out of 4 stars for Slate (Bryan Curtis)Slate (Bryan Curtis)
This isn't a movie of hoary Sherwood Forest clichés. It manages, through sheer artistic force, to stoop below cliché--to seem both fresh and rotten at once. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Slate (Bryan Curtis)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 0.80 out of 4 stars for DVDTalk.com (Megan Denny)DVDTalk.com (Megan Denny)
...read the complete Timeline movie review at DVDTalk.com (Megan Denny)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 0.80 out of 4 stars for ShowBIZ Data (--)ShowBIZ Data (--)
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Timeline (2003) scores a combined 0.80 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.com (Chris Barsanti)filmcritic.com (Chris Barsanti)
like a plus-size episode of Sliders. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at filmcritic.com (Chris Barsanti)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 0.80 out of 4 stars for Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)
Bad history. Bad science. Bad acting. Bad movie. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 0.80 out of 4 stars for TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
Filled with pseudoscientific gibble-gabble, arbitrary time-travel rules, howlingly clichéd dialogue and renaissance-fair ambience, this dreary science-fiction/historical-action hybrid is a misfire of staggering proportions. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 0.80 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles Times (Manohla Dargis)Los Angeles Times (Manohla Dargis)
By turns risibly puerile and purely risible, the screenplay groans under the weight of its multiple platitudes. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Los Angeles Times (Manohla Dargis)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 0.80 out of 4 stars for Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)
Here is a movie in which even the arrows are loud. If it was an attempt to drown out the dialogue and obscure the plot, it didn't succeed. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 0.80 out of 4 stars for New York Times (Stephen Holden)New York Times (Stephen Holden)
Suggests a particularly wretched episode of Star Trek tricked out with fancy fireworks and weighed down with a score that grinds away like a cement mixer. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at New York Times (Stephen Holden)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 0.80 out of 4 stars for Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Daniel M. Kimmel)Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Daniel M. Kimmel)
Viewers of Timeline will wish they could go back in time themselves and avoid buying tickets in the first place. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Daniel M. Kimmel)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 0.80 out of 4 stars for 3BlackChicks Review (Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel)3BlackChicks Review (Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel)
A waste of time. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at 3BlackChicks Review (Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 0.80 out of 4 stars for TV Guide (Maitland McDonagh)TV Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
This dreary science-fiction/historical-action hybrid is a misfire of staggering proportions. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at TV Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 0.56 out of 4 stars for MovieMaze (Daniel Licha)MovieMaze (Daniel Licha)
...read the complete Timeline movie review at MovieMaze (Daniel Licha)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 0.50 out of 4 stars for Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Based on a Michael Crichton novel that no one seems to remember (least of all me), Timeline is a film about time travel, but also feels as though it’s a vestige from the dark ages of coherent sci-fi, a leaden, dull, and generally forgettable piece of ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 0.50 out of 4 stars for Reel.comReel.com
If you find yourself hungry for additional turkey this Thanksgiving, Timeline should more than satiate you. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Reel.com
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 0.50 out of 4 stars for New York Post (Jonathan Foreman)New York Post (Jonathan Foreman)
...read the complete Timeline movie review at New York Post (Jonathan Foreman)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 0.50 out of 4 stars for Filmjerk.com (Brian Orndorf)Filmjerk.com (Brian Orndorf)
...read the complete Timeline movie review at Filmjerk.com (Brian Orndorf)
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 0.50 out of 4 stars for Steve Rhodes <Steve.Rhodes@internetreviews.com>Steve Rhodes <Steve.Rhodes@internetreviews.com>
Stupendously awful,Timelineis a movie that parries where it should thrust, stumbles over its exposition, and makes even the exciting concept of time travel come off as pedestrian and rote. With its feet firmly in some strange corporateland as ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Steve Rhodes <Steve.Rhodes@internetreviews.com>
Timeline (2003) scores a combined 0.50 out of 4 stars for MovieWeb (Carl Lazarevic)MovieWeb (Carl Lazarevic)
In the film version of Michael Crichton's short book Timeline Paul Walker plays Chris, an archaeologist on a dig where a 600 year old help note is discovered in his fathers handwriting. The note is genuine, and as it turns out a new teleportation ...read the complete Timeline movie review at MovieWeb (Carl Lazarevic)
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Timeline (2003) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
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2.0459
Timeline (2003) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
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