Glossy and overplayed, this is nonetheless a fine rendition of H.G. Wells timeless classic. Rod Taylor assays the Victorian boffin whose Heath Robinson contraption hurtles him through the years to a chilling (though permanently sunny) future. Director George Pal fails to grasp Wells social preaching a future world divided into the slender beautiful upper classes and a grim underworld of the Morlocks (read lower classes) and turns it into a straightforward sci-fi vehicle in which the dapper Taylor defeats the grunting Neanderthal Morlocks because he is the only one around with a brain. Still, its brisk, enjoyable and decorated with bright entertaining effects. But like War Of The Worlds, it is a hokey 60s version of a Wells classic which still awaits a definitive movie version.
The Time Machine Review
A Victorian Englishman travels to the far future and finds that humanity has divided into two hostile species.
Release Date:
04 Mar 2002
Running Time:
103 minutes
Certificate:
PG
Original Title:
Time Machine, The
OTT, but fine 60s sci-fi.
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