Rotten
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.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Timeline
They had to travel into the past to save the future
2003 · 1h 56m · PG-13
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Directed by
Richard Donner
Overview
A group of archaeological students become trapped in the past when they go there to retrieve their professor. The group must survive in 14th century France long enough to be rescued.
Director and cast
- Richard Donner Director
- Paul Walker as Chris Johnston
- Frances O'Connor as Kate Ericson
- Gerard Butler as Andre Marek
- Billy Connolly as Professor E.A. Johnston
- David Thewlis as Robert Doniger
- Anna Friel as Lady Claire
- Neal McDonough as Frank Gordon
- Matt Craven as Steven Kramer
- Ethan Embry as Josh Stern
- Michael Sheen as Lord Oliver
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
13%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Yet another case of making time travel a messy ordeal rather than a load of fun, Timeline lacks the consistent tone, pace and point of view for either a science fiction thriller or medieval war adventure.
Robert Koehler, Variety
Fresh
C'est la 'B'! Timeline is crudely written, haphazardly acted, and improbably fun.
Ed Park, Village Voice
Rotten
It's like Back to the Future without the laughs.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Rotten
Time travels, but it sure doesn't fly by in this debacle.
Richard Harrington, Washington Post
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