The Time Machine

United States

2002

96 Min

Color

2.35:1

English

Currently 2.0/5 Stars.
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CAST Guy Pearce, Jeremy Irons, Samantha Mumba, Orlando Jones, Mark Addy

Simon Wells

Simon Wells (born 1961) is an English film director of animation and live-action films. He is the great grandson of author, H. G. Wells.

Born in Cambridge, he attended The Perse School and De Montfort University where he studied audio-visual design. Upon graduating he found a job at Richard Williams’s studio where he animated commercials and other projects. Wells later supervised the animation on Who Framed Roger Rabbit?.

Wells later became a member of Amblimation, a studio owned by Steven Spielberg, where he served as director on films such as An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story and Balto. Wells was set to direct a sequel to Casper but the project was cancelled.

After the closure of Amblimation Wells joined Dreamworks where he worked as storyboard artist on many animated projects, he also directed The Prince of Egypt which was nominated for an Annie Award.

In 2002 he directed his first live-action film, a film adaptation of… read more

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Mugino

1Apr13

It's like a cheesy, mutant hybrid of Avatar, Hellraiser and Final Destination that bears little resemblance to Wells' great granddad's work. I'd like to time travel backwards to get my 96 min back.

MGeo

22Sep12

This movie is a classic case of nepotism at its worst. I say this because Simon Wells is an ancestor of H.G. Wells, therefore executives must have thought it is okay for him to make a movie based on all-time science fiction classic on that basis. This movie is absolute trash and Simon Wells should just stick to his medium: animation. However, even Mars Needs Moms has given me doubt in that.