Meyer makes a fine directorial debut, pacing the film for optimal suspense despite some obvious holes in the script.
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06/05/07
Time After Time (1979)
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Reviews Counted:28
Fresh:24
Rotten:4
Average Rating:7.2/10
Consensus: With the three principal actors clearly having fun with their roles, Time After Time becomes an amusing, light-hearted fantasy lark.
Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: Victorian Brits H.G. Wells and Jack the Ripper travel through time into late 70s San Francisco. While the author marvels at this Utopian Eden, the psycho killer discovers his spiritual home -- and... [More]
Starring: David Warner, Mary Steenburgen, Malcolm McDowell, Charles Cioffi
Director: Nicholas Meyer
Reviews for Time After Time
A delightful, entertaining trifle of a film that shows both the possibilities and limitations of taking liberties with literature and history.
06/05/07
Top CriticClever and well calculated.
06/05/07
Underrated classic mixing H.G. Wells and Jack the Ripper. Stylish, even the music.
02/06/07
After nearly two hours the tension has evaporated, and all that's left is a curdle of jokes and brutality.
06/24/06
This cinematic oddity is nonetheless a true guilty pleasure.
02/25/06
No review available.
07/05/05
A movie that's as sweet as it is clever, and never so clever that it forgets to be entertaining.
05/09/05
Top Critictense and gripping
04/06/05
Terrific little time-travel romantic thriller with three outstanding performances.
01/14/05
No review available.
08/11/04
Full of potential smarts, failed intrigue and a dated survey of the 20th century.
03/16/04
Time After Time is an inventive comedy-mystery.
01/27/04
No review available.
08/22/03
A wonderful concoction. H.G. Wells vs. Jack the Ripper, the time machine, it all works.
06/20/03
A pleasing little time-waster.
05/24/03
Possibly my favorite time travel flick ever.
01/11/03
Writers Karl Alexander and Steve Hayes came up with a brilliant idea for this 1979 movie.
10/09/02
Writer Nicholas Meyer's 1979 directorial debut is probably still his best film.
10/02/02
Blessedly unpretentious.
09/03/02
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