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Movie Overview
Cast
• Paul Walker
• Frances O'Connor
• Gerard Butler
Director
• Richard Donner
MPAA Rating
PG-13 - intense battle sequences and brief language
Timeline (2003)

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OFCS Rating: 7% Rotten
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1.5/5
"like a plus-size episode of Sliders."  Filmcritic.com  Chris Barsanti

D+
"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."  EDGE Boston  David Foucher

"Timeline may not be the dumbest movie to be released this year. But it's certainly not for lack of trying. "  Portland Tribune  Dawn Taylor

1.5/4
"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."  TheMovieBoy.com  Dustin Putman

C
"It's not ambitious, but neither is it lazy. It works hard at its dumbness, and it's eager to please. For what it's worth, it's the most enjoyable bad movie of the year."  EricDSnider.com  Eric D. Snider

1/4
"It’s Paul Walker escaping with his costume from Castle Cameos Pictures at the Las Vegas Excalibur."  eFilmCritic.com  Erik Childress

C-
"Utterly unaware of its own absurdity."  Film Blather  Eugene Novikov

2/4
"...a cocky and contrived contraption which gingerly dances around its Medieval-themed mediocrity...[an] overwrought costume drama"  Movie Eye  Frank Ochieng

C-
"About as realistic--and as enjoyable--as dinner at a Medieval Times restaurant...its expiration date seems to have passed even before the lights go down."  One Guy's Opinion  Frank Swietek

1.5/4
"Donner performs an appendectomy on the story with a rusty butter knife, butchering it in every way imaginable."  eCinemaCenter.com  Gabe Leibowitz

1.5/4
"This movie is in desperate need of a pulse."  ReelViews  James Berardinelli

2/5
"Time-travel tale is a so-so action flick that plays like Jurassic Park ... but without the dinosaurs. Or stars. Or excitement."  Netflix  James Rocchi

1.5/4
"A tired thriller guaranteed to get lost amidst the cerebral and artsy offerings of the holidays"  Palo Alto Weekly  Jeanne Aufmuth

5/10
"If you loved A Knight's Tale or The Time Machine... rent those instead!"  JoBlo's Movie Emporium  JoBlo

1/5
"A waste of time."  3BlackChicks Review  Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel

4/5
"It's shameless, I know, but this movie is nice, simple fun."  Cinerina  Karina Montgomery

1.5/4
"Basically a remake of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3, but without teenagers, mutants, ninjas or turtles."  Montreal Film Journal  Kevin N. Laforest

1/5
"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."  TV Guide's Movie Guide  Maitland McDonagh

2.5/4
"Not completely successful, but enjoyable enough"  Movie Habit  Marty Mapes

"What’s that? You say Timeline isn’t supposed to be a comedy? But how can that be? Paul Walker is in it."  Flick Filosopher  MaryAnn Johanson

2/5
"While I enjoyed Timeline on a purely brainless level, I couldn't get it out of my head that there was something stupid going on."  Goatdog's Movies  Michael W. Phillips, Jr.

C-
"Lacks any force or energy to release it from the pull of total mediocrity."  Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies  Nell Minow

"Despite a promising premise, Timeline proves to be nothing more than an utter waste of your own precious time."  Critic Doctor  Peter Sobczynski

1.5/5
"Seriously terrible, but it'll be roaring good fun on video."  Shadows on the Wall  Rich Cline

D
"One of the worst plots I've ever seen in a time travel story."  Laramie Movie Scope  Robert Roten

D+
"A hollow history lesson and an adventure that's about as thrilling as the staged joust at the heart of those traveling Renaissance Festivals."  Flipside Movie Emporium  Sean O'Connell

0/4
"Renaissance Fair: The Movie."  Film Freak Central  Walter Chaw

1/4
"With the exception of the original "Jurassic Park", films based on Crichton's novels have been not only unsuccessful but horrendously awful."  Oscar Guy  Wesley Lovell

D-
Read review  FilmJerk.com  Brian Orndorf

1/4
Read review  Big Picture Big Sound  Joe Lozito

Read review  PopMatters  Cynthia Fuchs

Read review  Sci-Fi Movie Page  James O'Ehley
OFCS Rating: 7% Rotten
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