Project Almanac

Name: Project Almanac
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Released: January 30, 2015
Duration: 106 min
Rating: 47
Cast: Amy Landecker, Ginny Gardner, Jonny Weston, Sofia Black-D'Elia, Virginia Gardner

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Paramount Pictures | Release Date: January 30, 2015 | PG-13

Starring: Amy Landecker, Ginny Gardner, Jonny Weston, Sofia Black-D'Elia, Virginia Gardner

Summary: A brilliant high school student and his friends uncover blueprints for a mysterious device with limitless potential, inadvertently putting lives in danger.

Director: Dean Israelite

Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Thriller

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 106 min

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The Playlist Drew Taylor

Jan 28, 2015

All of the young actors are committed, and director Dean Israelite has a good handle on the material, offering his own contributions to the time travel genre (like how violent the act itself is) while continually tipping his hat to what came before it. Read full review

Peter Keough

Jan 29, 2015

One of the advantages of time travel in a found-footage film is that it makes the chronology and causality so confusing that the problem of who’s shooting what becomes secondary. On the other hand, it doesn’t allow fast-forwarding through all the boring bits. For starters, I could have done with far less Lollapalooza. Read full review

Joe Neumaier

Jan 29, 2015

Every generation gets the time travel it deserves. Project Almanac isn’t “Time After Time” (1979) or “Back to the Future” (1985) or “12 Monkeys” (1996), but the new release does turn out to be a surprisingly jaunty trip for jaded Gen-Y kids. Read full review

Thomas Lee

Jan 29, 2015

High on fun but low on depth, Project Almanac is told entirely from the perspective of a video camera, which instantly made me regret that I had eaten dinner before the screening. Read full review

Keith Phipps

Jan 30, 2015

If Project Almanac didn’t bungle it all with a shrug of an ending, it would be easier to recommend. Maybe someone with a time machine should go back and give the movie a do-over. Read full review

Martin Tsai

Jan 29, 2015

With "Looper" and the fantastic recent release "Predestination" using the same plot device to explore existentialism, the potboiler Project Almanac feels like a leap backward. Read full review

Chris Cabin

Jan 29, 2015

The film delivers the same misogynistic, faux-modernistic jolts of trashy humor and labored plotting that typify the work of co-producer Michael Bay. Read full review

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ajs101

Feb 6, 2015

Good story, good acting, no yawns. I left the theater happy and thinking about the plot. That is all I can expect from a movie. If you like science fiction and the fantasy of time travel you might like this one.

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PoorManStanding

Jul 2, 2015

This movie certainly surprised me. Starting with high school kids may sound cliche, but was definitely worth watching it. How the characters seemed so real in the movie amazed me and how one mistake leads to a huge problem. This movie may show how simple it is to make a time machine, butThis movie certainly surprised me. Starting with high school kids may sound cliche, but was definitely worth watching it. How the characters seemed so real in the movie amazed me and how one mistake leads to a huge problem. This movie may show how simple it is to make a time machine, but they started almost already with a time machine. It only needed a few modifications and BAM, time travel. I could agree with others about the love story in the movie, but it wasn't a bad story. Just not a lot work put into it. What the kids did with the time machine was expected and predictable. Kids try to cheat the system and have a wonderful time partying. What can you expect? They are just mere high school kids. Don't expect them to change the world historically like saving Abe Lincoln or preventing WW2. That would just be pointless and boring. I do recommend this movie to young adults and above because it really is a good movie.… Expand

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geo333

Sep 10, 2015

Project almanac is a great movie of Time travel in that if offers a compelling story line with an intense. drama scenario that makes the film worth watching. However it has it flaws,but it gets undone by it's successes.

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The3AcademySins

Aug 21, 2019

I think the fact that I am the only person reviewing this movie in 2019 says more than enough! It's not great. It's not terrible. It's a completely run-of-the-mill teen time travel movie, if such a genre exists! There is one really funny joke in the movie regarding 17 Toyota Corollas, butI think the fact that I am the only person reviewing this movie in 2019 says more than enough! It's not great. It's not terrible. It's a completely run-of-the-mill teen time travel movie, if such a genre exists! There is one really funny joke in the movie regarding 17 Toyota Corollas, but other than that, it's pretty bland and forgettable and inoffensive.… Expand

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CMovies

Jun 14, 2015

Although I do respect that this film does acknowledge computer/electronic terminology, but this film is not great. Get ready for plot holes, a corny love story, extended periods of uselessness, and an ending that makes no sense at all. If you're expecting something like Back To The Future orAlthough I do respect that this film does acknowledge computer/electronic terminology, but this film is not great. Get ready for plot holes, a corny love story, extended periods of uselessness, and an ending that makes no sense at all. If you're expecting something like Back To The Future or Donnie Darko, this is not the film for you.… Expand

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nahtan1244

Mar 2, 2016

This film is not only full of plot holes but is also one of the worst of 2015. A awful love story and below average acting meets found footage format which as we have seen in many movie's the who found footage thing never works out. The plot is so cliche but what these kids were good atThis film is not only full of plot holes but is also one of the worst of 2015. A awful love story and below average acting meets found footage format which as we have seen in many movie's the who found footage thing never works out. The plot is so cliche but what these kids were good at doing is acting like how normal teenagers would if they found out about a time travel device. There is a bunch of awful dialogue in the movie and a concert scene that goes on for far too long. I had low hopes going into this movie but I walked out disappointed. Such a shame… Expand

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Idiota150

May 13, 2015

Kids on crack (i.e. "brilliant" American high-school students) jumps around like monkeys and builds a time machine basically by invention of connecting cables between a device, a battery and hydrogen. Way to intelligent for most people to understand, you need at least triple PhD in physics.Kids on crack (i.e. "brilliant" American high-school students) jumps around like monkeys and builds a time machine basically by invention of connecting cables between a device, a battery and hydrogen. Way to intelligent for most people to understand, you need at least triple PhD in physics. Silly uninspired love story makes everything go to hell, not the other changes to the past. Annoying footage as hell. If you missed it between the lines, stupid garbage.… Expand

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