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MoPoshy Absolutely brilliant

Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

qomqurk I remember seeing this movie a couple times in 1979. Thought it was pretty cool. But I was living in San Francisco at the time (hopefully that's not a spoiler...), and quite honestly, re-watching it lately, the San Francisco of 1979 is really what shines in the movie to me. In one sense that's probably an unanticipated but real time travel element in this movie, at least for me. The streets, the people, the clubs all look slightly familiar, though I don't remember that many pretty blonde girls working at Mickey-D's.Nevertheless, that's really not why I decided I needed to review this movie. Mainly, re-watching the movie brought a terrible question to mind, and asking that question also may be something of a spoiler... Mainly, the question is, if you have a time machine, why in the world would you need to be in a hurry? I mean if you were going to be late for an appointment, and I mean late, like that appointment was supposed to have taken place a week ago, or maybe last year, couldn't you just hop in your time machine whenever you want, whenever you're ready for the appointment, and arrive on time? I mean the only hindrance would be death, in which case the appointment wouldn't be that important, or maybe the people at the appointment might think you're older than you're supposed to be, but really... time machine means no hurry. Unfortunately asking that question sort of makes Time After Time a little stupid. But then time travel is always full of holes. I think they're called time holes.I'm pretty sure in 1979, that 'no hurry' question never popped into my head. I was dazzled by the idea, and the performances of Malcolm and Mary and David, and also N. Meyer, and San Francisco, and thought it was a very good movie. Jiminy Crickets, almost 40 years in the future, the performances still dazzle, but for some reason I can't help asking, instead of jumping ahead a century, why didn't HG just go back a day. Things would've been much simpler, but then, of course, there'd be no movie.

Brian T. Whitlock (GOWBTW) Before "Back to The Future", this movie was all the rage. Dealing with the master of science fiction H.G. Wells(Malcolm McDowell), creates a "Time Machine". While entertaining his guests, he unknowingly has let in the infamous killer Jack The Ripper(David Warner) who was in the act as a surgeon named John Leslie Stevenson. Because earlier at the dinner party, H.G. Wells has created the Time Machine and he was going to use it to travel either the past, or better yet, the future. During this time, there was a act of murder. Jack The Ripper has struck again. It turned out that Jack The Ripper, has been in the dinner party using Stevenson as an alias. He also has taken the time machine, and send himself into the future! The year, 1979. The place, San Francisco, California. Since he was going to the future, he had to prepare himself the best way he can. He grabbed items and money to barter or trade in for, and he had no problems blending in. He meets a beautiful banker named Amy(Mary Steenburgen). She helps Wells, the same way as Stevenson. While on the trail of his nemesis, he falls for the banker. Since Amy was liberated, she was taken a liking for the very old writer. I enjoyed this movie a lot. I liked the animation and special effects. It was very promising. Some parts were made-up, but it was a nice start which 6 years later, "Back to the Future" made time traveling more hip. 5 stars!

Leofwine_draca I have mixed feelings about TIME AFTER TIME. On the face of it, it's the kind of film I really should enjoy. A fish-out-of-water adventure in which H.G. Wells pursues Jack the Ripper to the then-present day via his real-life time machine, what could possibly go wrong with that? Well, the answer is plenty, and all of it is down to the script, which goes down the clichéd romantic route rather than the thriller route.So what we get is a long, slow-paced romantic comedy in which Wells takes time out to pursue the youthful Mary Steenburgen and almost seems to forget that he's supposed to be hunting a killer. The romantic scenes are quite sweet but I avoid the genre like the plague where possible and I just wanted them to get back to the action.Malcolm McDowell is a fine choice to play Wells and he reminds us that he's far more than the stock villain that he's usually stuck playing in Hollywood. Poor old David Warner has a great part but is barely utilised here. The dated special effects scenes are fun but there's far too much romance and too little in the way of genuine science fiction; the film as a result plods when it should zing.

DKosty123 Malcolm McDowell is wonderful in this fantasy playing H G Wells actually using his time machine after Jack The Ripper steals it to track him down and put him into infinity we hope. It is interesting how type casting still happens even in modern Hollywood. Mary Steenburgen seems destined to get involved with time travel in her career and this one one of the first times.The chemistry between McDowell and Mary is quite evident in this one and the 1979 setting is amazing though there is no real explanation why Jack the Ripper would choose 1979 except that is when this movie is produced.Still, the fantasy behind this and the story carry it pretty well. Ome thing about 1979 is evident, no cell phones. As annoying as a ringing phone was, often cells are a bigger pain. It is interesting to see Mary's character changing a flat tire because HG Wells has no idea what to do.While there are holes in this drama, it traps the viewer in a neat place and entertains successfully. Enjoyable viewing, for a Saturday afternoon.