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Timeline (2003) Rank 5 Reviews
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Tracksounds! (Matt Peterson)
Filmtracks (Christian Clemmensen)
On the front of epic battle, Tyler succeeds greatly.
Outside of a subtle electronic rhythm in "Transciption Errors," though, the
technological elements of the present locale of the story are largely
underplayed. For the destination, Tyler doesn't ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Filmtracks (Christian Clemmensen)
Karina Montgomery
You'll notice how much I am making of the reduction aspect; I want you to see this film, but see it in an informed way. The reason you would see it is for the fun action sequences and the fish out of water time travel aspect, really. Not unlike the ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Karina Montgomery
San Francisco Chronicle (Carla Meyer)
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Cinerina (Karina Montgomery)
It's shameless, I know, but this movie is nice, simple fun. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Cinerina (Karina Montgomery)
BeyondHollywood.com
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The Cinema Source (Zak Santucci)
DVD Clinic ("The Arrow")
A photogenic gang of archeology students are FAXED back in time to find a missing professor who’s trapped in 14th century France, smack in the middle of a war between the French and the English. Swashbuckling, lots of horses, Paul Walker looking tanned ...read the complete Timeline movie review at DVD Clinic ("The Arrow")
The Cinema Source (Zak Santucci)
When reviewing a DVD like Timeline I should mention my overall enjoyment of plot, characterization, skill of acting, continuity, special effects, etc. I should also mention the 3-part documentary or the special Textures of Timeline (which is an expose ...read the complete Timeline movie review at The Cinema Source (Zak Santucci)
Dallas Morning News (Philip Wuntch)
Despite choppy, clunky moments, it leaves you with a smile. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Dallas Morning News (Philip Wuntch)
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) (Jeffrey Westhoff)
Slick entertainment that does its job, even if no one will remember it six years from now, much less six centuries. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) (Jeffrey Westhoff)
The Movie Chicks
A group of archaeology students at a dig in France make an amazing discover, a note seeking help from their professor (Billy Connolly) - written in 1357. It seems Professor Johnston has been working with a group of scientists from ITC that have ...read the complete Timeline movie review at The Movie Chicks
Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
A popular Michael Crichton novel gets the big budget movie treatment yet again, and like many of the other adaptations of his work, the results are only so-so. Here, it's fairly easy to see what went wrong. With an $80 million budget reported, the biggest ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
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Moda Magazine (Kage Alan)
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Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
A popular Michael Crichton novel gets the big budget movie treatment yet again, and like many of the other adaptations of his work, the results are only so-so. Here, it's fairly easy to see what went wrong. With an $80 million budget reported, the biggest ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Joe Critic.com (Rick Elliot)
Choking on Popcorn (Arjan Welles)
Film Monthly (Joe Steiff)
FilmDailies.com
A bit of background: I read Michael Crichton’s bestseller a while back and was eagerly waiting for a faithful adaptation. Well, was I ...read the complete Timeline movie review at FilmDailies.com
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The Spinning Image (Joshua Dudley)
So then, If I had to use one word to describe Timeline, a movie debuting with much hype for its star, Paul Walker, and a heavy pedigree, with Richard Donner (of the Lethal Weapon movies) directing, and the script adapted from best-selling sci-fi author, ...read the complete Timeline movie review at The Spinning Image (Joshua Dudley)
About.com Hollywood Movies (Rebecca Murray)
The best thing I can say about “Timeline” is that it’s filled with some of the finest male eye candy on screen (only adding Colin Farrell or Ewan McGregor would have topped the team of Gerard Butler and Paul Walker ). Now that’s not ...read the complete Timeline movie review at About.com Hollywood Movies (Rebecca Murray)
Movie Magazine International
Parent Previews
What it does poorly is building believability. Based on a novel by Michael Crichton, (the author of Jurassic Park), the weak performances don?t help hide the plot holes and standard formula construction including characters being picked off one ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Parent Previews
Shadows on the Wall (Rich Cline)
Montreal Film Journal (Kevin N. Laforest)
Film Freak Central
The New York Times - Family Movie Guide (Peter M. Nichols)
Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
Slant Magazine
Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)
Cheesy and loads of fun. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)
Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
There's something light and insubstantial about this movie. It almost floats away as you watch it. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
Homer Yen
1) This could be a onceinalifetime chance for a few new Hollywood faces to make, perhaps, their only appearance on the big screen. After all, this is the kind of film that requires an ensemble cast, but it oddly makes every player more or less ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Homer Yen
The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
The director is Richard Donner, who gave us "Superman," "The Goonies" and the "Lethal Weapon" movies. His track record for entertaining action films speaks for itself, and I doubt he or anyone involved with "Timeline" imagined that anything special ...read the complete Timeline movie review at The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
Bullz-Eye.com
While most of the cast is dreadful in their accustomed characters, Gerard Butler is pleasing as the virtuous White Knight of the future. Be careful in choosing "Timeline" to brighten your holiday spirits – the only spirit it lifted in me was ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Bullz-Eye.com
Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)
It would have been interesting to see a David Twohy ( Pitch Black ) or a Danny Boyle ( 28 Days Later ) take the helm. A leaner production with more teeth might have turned Timeline into something for the ages. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)
Harvey S. Karten
Paul Walker, perhaps the handsomest young actor that Hollywood currently offers, takes the principal role of Chris Johnston, a fellow who has his heart set on the pretty Kate Ericson (Frances O'Connor) but whose love is unrequited because Kate is into ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Harvey S. Karten
rec.arts.movies.reviews (Homer Yen)
JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")
A mediocre offering that doesn't provide the viewer with many lasting impressions, other than a neat premise, a good looking Paul Walker and all the fire and medieval razzle-dazzle that you could shake a stick at. If I had to point out this film's ...read the complete Timeline movie review at JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")
Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)
More confusion than clarity. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)
SPLICEDwire (Rob Blackwelder)
Philadelphia Inquirer
Timeline is easily the best Dude, Where's My Century? flick since Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer
MovieFreak.com (Dennis Landmann)
Timeline is the sort of film adaptation that gets muddled and toned down in the scripting stage. The script tells a straight-forward story in the beginning, but it gets more and more basic as time goes on. It forces a scenario on the viewers, time ...read the complete Timeline movie review at MovieFreak.com (Dennis Landmann)
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Sacramento News & Review (Jim Lane)
Director Richard Donner is in good form here, and he patches up the holes in the script by keeping the action moving lickety-split. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Sacramento News & Review (Jim Lane)
Supercala.com (John Venable)
The concept is much cooler than the execution. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Supercala.com (John Venable)
Daytona Beach News-Journal (Fl.) (Jeff Farance)
Mediasharx (Matt Balmaseda)
MovieEye.com (Frank Ochieng)
Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
CineFile : il Cinema in Rete (Alberto Cassani)
ninth symphony films
The merits of Paul Walker's meager acting talents aside, there is something quite unsatisfying about seeing a film where surprises don't exist and the whole experience of getting to the end credits seems to be one constant thought of, "yeah, I knew that ...read the complete Timeline movie review at ninth symphony films
cinEncanto (Pablo del Moral)
Boxoffice Magazine
Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)
Never quite thrilling, never quite dull, its overriding virtue is its competence. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)
Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips, Jr.)
Other things bugged me too, especially the film's concept of time travel. The film doesn't know where it stands on the possibility of changing history. One scene seems to say that history is destiny, even when it has to do with time travel. During ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips, Jr.)
Los Angeles Daily News (Rob Lowman)
It's not as bad as Sphere but... ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Los Angeles Daily News (Rob Lowman)
CineMe (Daniel Meyer)
Movie Eye (Frank Ochieng)
...a cocky and contrived contraption which gingerly dances around its Medieval-themed mediocrity...[an] overwrought costume drama ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Movie Eye (Frank Ochieng)
Internet Reviews (Steve Rhodes)
As generic an action film as you can make. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Internet Reviews (Steve Rhodes)
Minneapolis Star Tribune (Jeff Strickler)
There's a lot of action and nifty special effects in a climactic battle scene. But the movie pays only fleeting attention to other matters, including character development. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Minneapolis Star Tribune (Jeff Strickler)
Empire Magazine [UK]
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
"Timeline" is inspired by on a Michael Crichton story that's not so much about travel between the past and the present as about travel between two movie genres. After opening on an ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
RopeofSilicon (Brad Brevet)
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South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Phoebe Flowers)
There is nothing particularly wonderful about Timeline , but, other than Walker's acting, nothing particularly terrible about it, either. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Phoebe Flowers)
Village Voice (Ed Park)
Crudely written, haphazardly acted, and improbably fun. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Village Voice (Ed Park)
MovieFreak.com (Sara M. Fetters)
It's all just a game, and even with my own fairy tale fantasies of being Princess Guinevere and meeting my very own dashing Lancelot reverberating in my memory, that isn't enough to keep me interested in this muddled mess of a movie. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at MovieFreak.com (Sara M. Fetters)
San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)
The hack novel by Michael Crichton did not inspire anyone to the level of Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court . ...read the complete Timeline movie review at San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas) (Mark Collette)
Jeff Maguire, in adapting Crichton's novel, clearly had trouble explaining all the nuances of the story with the constraints of a Hollywood time limit. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas) (Mark Collette)
Hollywood.com (Guylaine Cadorette)
The story, acting and visual effects fail to effectively blend together into a coherent sci-fi adventure. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Hollywood.com (Guylaine Cadorette)
Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)
Couldn't be sillier if Monty Python's knights who say "Ni!" turned up for an extended cameo. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN) (Bob Bloom)
Timeline fails to grab you and sustain any feeling of wonder. The time travel is treated so matter of factly ... that it, too, cannot stir the imagination. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN) (Bob Bloom)
Sacramento Bee (Joe Baltake)
A goofy, curious entertainment -- something of a guilty pleasure, a film that invites you to jeer and laugh in equal measure. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Sacramento Bee (Joe Baltake)
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Eleanor Ringel Gillespie)
As fantasy-adventures go, Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy makes this one look like a Hobbit belch. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Eleanor Ringel Gillespie)
Entertainment Spectrum (Vince Koehler)
This offers a mystifying look at the future with a mind-bending twist. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Entertainment Spectrum (Vince Koehler)
Xiibaro Productions (David Perry)
Globe and Mail (Liam Lacey)
Plays out like a 1950s B-movie with a fat special-effects budget. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Globe and Mail (Liam Lacey)
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Entertainment Weekly (Scott Brown)
Special kudos go to Walker, for his dead-on impression of a time-traveling 2x4, and the perpetually hysterical O'Connor, who delivers one of the most grating performances in history. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Scott Brown)
CineMe (Daniel Meyer)
The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)
Hollywood sometimes seems to operate under some unnamed Law of Plots, where certain themes and stories must be recycled on a schedule so predictable that it makes the daily orbit of the Earth around the Sun look as ungoverned as kindergartners playing ...read the complete Timeline movie review at The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)
San Francisco Chronicle (Carla Meyer)
Clunky adventure story. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Carla Meyer)
Steve Rhodes
The story begins with Chris Johnston (Walker) visiting an archeological dig where his father (Billy Connolly) is working. Once Chris's dad slips into a wormhole, thanks to a sleazy hightech company (ITC), ITC gets Chris and the archeologists at the dig ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Steve Rhodes
Dallas Observer (Gregory Weinkauf)
There's a modicum of charm to Timeline, since its eager, earnest tone harks back to Donner's work from the '80s, particularly "The Goonies" and ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Dallas Observer (Gregory Weinkauf)
Peter Sobczynski
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
I felt too much of the movie consisted of groups of characters I didn't care about, running down passageways and fighting off enemies and trying to get back to the present before the window of time slams shut. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
RopeofSilicon (Brad Brevet)
Turning books into films has become the number one way to make a box-office hit or an Oscar® contender, but never fear Timeline won't have either of those problems. I think Timeline 's Frances O'Connor said it best in an interview with SCI-FI Wire when ...read the complete Timeline movie review at RopeofSilicon (Brad Brevet)
Bob Bloom
The veteran filmmaker responsible for the first (and best) Superman film as well as the Lethal Weapon series utilizes most of his skills in Timeline, adapted from the novel by Michael Crichton.However, Donner only succeeds partially, mainly because the ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Bob Bloom
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (Liam Lacey)
Plays out like a 1950s B-movie with a fat special-effects budget. Brain-numbing dialogue, incoherent action and glaring improbabilities aside, it's a bearable combination of sci-fi paranoia and historical fantasy that drags modern viewers, and the ...read the complete Timeline movie review at The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (Liam Lacey)
The Hollywood Reporter (Kirk Honeycutt)
Glorious so-bad-it's-good entertainment. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at The Hollywood Reporter (Kirk Honeycutt)
One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
A resounding dud. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)
Timeline treats the past like an amusement park, offering mid-level thrills and nothing more. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)
LA Weekly (Scott Foundas)
Scenes stop and start abruptly, and the sub–"Lord of the Rings" action is more dulling than rousing -- and yet it can be funny. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at LA Weekly (Scott Foundas)
Jam! Movies (Liz Braun)
Features serious over-acting, lousy effects, appalling dialogue, misplaced and ill-advised romantic interludes, a complete lack of tension, nothing to link the story set in the past with the section set in the present and very bad wigs. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Jam! Movies (Liz Braun)
Arizona Republic (Bill Muller)
An overgrown TV episode, another wearisome journey into the past where modern 20-somethings gape in wonder at knights in shining armor, who respond by trying to skewer these reality-show rejects with authentic rubber swords. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Arizona Republic (Bill Muller)
Variety (Robert Koehler)
Lacks the consistent tone, pace and point of view for either a science fiction thriller or medieval war adventure. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Variety (Robert Koehler)
Jam! Movies (Louis B. Hobson)
Timeline is not so much a bad movie as it is bland and routine. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Jam! Movies (Louis B. Hobson)
Toronto Star (Peter Howell)
Curiously lacking in energy, which may be the result of an obviously cut-rate production budget that skimps on the sci-fi sizzle. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Toronto Star (Peter Howell)
Film Values/Family Values (H. Arthur Taussig)
Netflix (James Rocchi)
Time-travel tale is a so-so action flick that plays like Jurassic Park ... but without the dinosaurs. Or stars. Or excitement. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Netflix (James Rocchi)
Empire Magazine (--)
Boxoffice Magazine (Christine James)
Missing at least two of its promised four dimensions. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Boxoffice Magazine (Christine James)
Empire (Alan Morrison)
Timeline takes the most ridiculous movie plot ever imagined and multiplies it by ten. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Empire (Alan Morrison)
eFilmCritic.com (Brian Mckay)
About as impressive as rival gangs of Renaissance Pleasure Faire geeks launching bottle rockets and flaming rolls of toilet paper at each other. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Brian Mckay)
Chicago Reader (J.R. Jones)
This big-budget adventure is based on a recent Michael Crichton thriller, though its premise is too stale to instill the sense of wonder critical to great sci-fi. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Chicago Reader (J.R. Jones)
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
There are times when the movie comes across as so laughably absurd that it's almost entertaining. Once or twice, I was half-expecting the Monty Python troupe to appear, searching for the Holy Grail. The lengthy battle scene at the end provides a ...read the complete Timeline movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
Director Richard Donner finds a few startling images for bloody battle scenes, but awful dialogue prevents the actors from giving performances of any depth. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
Movie Gazette (Anton Bitel)
A promising concept squandered by bad writing and lacklustre direction - its events, whether set in the 14th Century or in the present day, are an unengaging waste of time. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Movie Gazette (Anton Bitel)
The Movie Insider (Dustin Putman)
Flatly lensed by usually reliable cinematographer Caleb Deschanel ( The Hunted ) in order to mirror every other aspect of the film, Timeline is a lazy, mostly dull, instantly forgettable affair more suited for a first-time filmmaker than a veteran one ...read the complete Timeline movie review at The Movie Insider (Dustin Putman)
Palo Alto Online (Jeanne Aufmuth)
A scene from Timeline I got my fill of summer movies when the days were longer and the nights were warmer. Timeline is a throwback to those mindless action flicks that have no business being released during the thoughtful, awards-pregnant movie ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Palo Alto Online (Jeanne Aufmuth)
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
If Timeline is a disappointment, it's because I still have some respect for director Richard Donner, despite his recent lack of success. Because of Lethal Weapon and Superman, I was willing to overlook Assassins. Before Timeline, Donner hadn't made a film ...read the complete Timeline movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
EDGE Boston (David Foucher)
Richard Donner brings us the latest Crighton film, sending Paul Walker and Gerard Butler back to Medieval times. The book was medoicre at best... this adaptation is insipid. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at EDGE Boston (David Foucher)
Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)
It looks like a lame made-for-TV movie, features a no-name cast and revolves around a hackneyed idea. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)
Boston Herald (James Verniere)
ShowBIZ Data
Timeline may be an adaptation of a time-travel thriller by Michael Crichton. It may be directed by Richard Donner, who brought us Superman and the Lethal Weapon series. But if audiences react to it the way critics have, then Paramount is likely to have ...read the complete Timeline movie review at ShowBIZ Data
Flipside Movie Emporium (Sean O'Connell)
Timeline simultaneously supplies us with a hollow history lesson and an adventure that's about as thrilling as the staged joust at the heart of those traveling Renaissance Festivals. No, that's insulting to the carnies at the Renaissance Fest. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Flipside Movie Emporium (Sean O'Connell)
filmcritic.com (Chris Barsanti)
Dark Horizons (Garth Franklin)
A Michael Crichton adaptation has always been a tricky thing. Crichton is the ultimate techno-thriller author, he delivers intriguing premises and puts a lot of research into his books and tricks which make it all the more compelling. Its long and ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Dark Horizons (Garth Franklin)
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)
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)
Empire Movies (Brendan Cullin)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Three Movie Buffs (Eric Nash)
The 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
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)
Boston 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
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)
SF, 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
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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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)
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)
Boston Herald (Ed Symkus)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
filmcritic.com (Chris Barsanti)
like a plus-size episode of Sliders. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at filmcritic.com (Chris Barsanti)
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)
DVDTalk.com (Megan Denny)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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IGN Movies (Jeff Otto)
Timeline is offensively bad. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at IGN Movies (Jeff Otto)
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)
3BlackChicks Review (Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel)
Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)
Bad history. Bad science. Bad acting. Bad movie. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)
MovieMaze (Daniel Licha)
Filmjerk.com (Brian Orndorf)
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)
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>
Reel.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
New York Post (Jonathan Foreman)
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)
The Onion (A.V. Club) (Keith Phipps)
Until Timeline reaches its flaming-trebuchet-siege finale -- which should impress anyone who's never seen "The Two Towers" -- it has the stirring production values of an episode of the Tia Carrere action series "Relic Hunter," but with only a fraction of ...read the complete Timeline movie review at The Onion (A.V. Club) (Keith Phipps)
Poffy The Cucumber's Movie Mania
Timeline makes the execrable indecency of The Core look like a scientific masterpiece. With costumes borrowed from a traveling Renaissance Festival and actors borrowed from the local community theatre, even the brainless idiocy of From Justin To Kelly re ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Poffy The Cucumber's Movie Mania
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Screen Rant (Vic Holtreman)
You have been warned. ...read the complete Timeline movie review at Screen Rant (Vic Holtreman)
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