Timeline
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: November 26, 2003 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
29
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 32 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
14
Negative:
16
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
50
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
Glorious so-bad-it's-good entertainment. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyScott 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 full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger 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 full review
50
Dallas ObserverGregory 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 "Ladyhawke." Read full review
50
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 robotic hero of "The Fast and the Furious" movies, Paul Walker, back to the centre of the Hundred Years War. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleCarla Meyer
Clunky adventure story. Read full review
50
USA TodayClaudia Puig
You'll be checking your watch a lot during Timeline. Though most of the cast is strong and the movie has moments of suspense, ultimately the mystery in this action thriller is so far-fetched it's ludicrous. Read full review
50
Village VoiceEd Park
Crudely written, haphazardly acted, and improbably fun. Read full review
42
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
A resounding dud. Read full review
40
VarietyRobert Koehler
Lacks the consistent tone, pace and point of view for either a science fiction thriller or medieval war adventure. Read full review
40
SlateBryan 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 full review
40
L.A. WeeklyScott 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 full review
40
Chicago ReaderJ.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 full review
40
EmpireAlan Morrison
Timeline takes the most ridiculous movie plot ever imagined and multiplies it by ten. Read full review
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