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32 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonThere's something light and insubstantial about this movie. It almost floats away as you watch it.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttGlorious so-bad-it's-good entertainment.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyScott BrownEntertainment WeeklyScott BrownSpecial 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.
- 40VarietyRobert KoehlerVarietyRobert KoehlerLacks the consistent tone, pace and point of view for either a science fiction thriller or medieval war adventure.
- 40SlateSlateThis 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.
- 38ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliBoring and repetitive.
- 30Los Angeles TimesManohla DargisLos Angeles TimesManohla DargisDonner's most calamitous mistake, however, was forgetting to light the screenplay on fire and catapult it from the nearest trebuchet.
- 30The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenDoesn't have a genuinely human moment.
- 25New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsAn instant contender for cult status on the midnight-movie circuit, where lines like "Do we look like quantum wormhole specialists?" will be given the respect they deserve.
- 10The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThe A.V. ClubKeith PhippsUntil Timeline reaches its flaming-trebuchet-siege finale -- which should impress anyone who's never seen "The Two Towers" -- it has the stirring production values of an episode of the Tia Carrere action series "Relic Hunter," but with only a fraction of the acting talent and intellectual heft.