Phil of the Future

2004

Seasons & Episodes

  • 2
  • 1

6.9| 0h30m| TV-PG| en
Synopsis

Meet the Diffy family, a futuristic family from the year 2121. When the eccentric dad, Lloyd, rents a time machine for their family vacation, everyone is excited. But then something goes wrong. Their time machine malfunctions and they are thrown out of the space/time continuum in the year 2004.

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Walt Disney Television

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Reviews

Ameriatch One of the best films i have seen
Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.
Griff Lees Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.
Skyler Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.
SnoopyStyle Phil Diffy (Raviv Ullman) is trying to be in 9th grade. The problem is that he's from the year 2121. The family's rented time machine broke down while vacationing around history. He befriends sweet cute Keely Teslow (Aly Michalka). His father can't seem to fix the time machine while his mother is eager to fit in. His younger sister Pim (Amy Bruckner) is power mad scheming to take over. Debbie Berwick is her super nice bubbly friendly nemesis. There is also Curtis, the Caveman and Vice Principal Neil Hackett both played by J. P. Manoux.It's a light wacky Disney kids show. The great thing is the likable characters and the adorable actors. Keely is super nice and that's actually a rarity. Her character sets this show apart. It's really touching when she finds Phil's fake toe and Phil comes clean to her about his secret. It's harmless fun and endearing. The only problem is that they can't seem to keep some of the secondary actors around.
Pilsung89 At a time when many Disney shows and movies were either average or downright bad, Phil of the Future stood out like a shiny golden tower. This show seems to have a little of the magic I feel when watching Disney shows and movies from the mid-nineties and earlier. It's typical yet original.The story revolves around Phil, a teenage boy from the future on vacation with his family. They travel to various points of the past, but they're time machine breaks down and they wind up stuck in our time. Phil and his family have to cope with our world until their time machine is fixed. This show has many cliché and typical points, yet it stays original. I love many things on this show. The humor is kind of corny but usually delivered pretty well. The characters are fantastic, the story is interesting, and the acting is good by Disney standards. May favorite thing about this show is the relationship between Phil and Keely. Keely is Phil's naive but fun and kind-hearted best friend, and the only modern person who knows that Phil is from the future.It can get a little plain at times, and some of the guest stars are annoying, but in the end I really like this show. I'm quite sad that it only lasted two seasons. I wish it could've lasted 3 or 4 seasons. If you like Disney or like sugary family shows, you should check it out.
sashank_kini-1 I only see this show whenever no other show runs on the television. This show is about a family from the future stuck in the present world due to a faulty time machine. Phil is the lead character, Lloyd is his father, Lisse Simms is his mother and Pim is his sister. Phil has some friends but his best friend is Keely. There is also an ape called Curtis. About the acting, I feel that Phil is a good actor but can improve his acting a lot. I cannot feel his emotions during the show. Keely is a better actress who does show her feelings pretty well but tends to be a bit stupid at times. Lloyd's problem is that he is always shown as a worried man, and does not have much of a role. Lisse does not fulfill her motherly qualities. Curtis has to behave a bit more ancestor type. He is shown too stupid as an ancestor. Now about Pim. She is the world's worst actress who is a rude, snobbish girl who spoils the show. She is shown to be rude to her brother, her teachers, her friends and also tells lies to her parents. This is not at all the way a girl should behave. Her acting is also hopeless. Her friend in the show, Debora or something like that, is a much better actress who is sweet and polite, a perfect girl.The plots of this show are good and different but the show becomes boring as all the lines spoken in the show are not so memorable or new. Even the characters behave oddly and so do the teachers in the show.The show is pretty dull and so I rate it a... 5 out of ten.
Seth Nelson How can any sane mother and child on this planet actually approve of this stuff, HUH????? (no offense) I mean, a dull NON-Disney Channel show about high school (or was it middle school?????), cheerleaders, dates, kissing, making out, bad hidden stuff, terrible lessons, all from the mind of Anne Sweeney (aka "Mrs. I FIND UN-MTV INAPPROPRIATE FOR MY KIDS, SO I'LL TAKE THESE CLASSICS AND SHOVE IT!!!!!"), who constantly recycles the same story, same motifs, same BORING stuff, etc.?????I'm just asking to all the 43-year old hick cheerleader moms who live in Middle of Nowhere, Texas, who drives the Suburban out to the high school every Friday night to see her 14-year old cheerleader daughter (Ashley, Brittany, Courtney, Tiffany, whatever!!!!!) cheer on her football team and have her prop her up on that date with that hunka-hunka quarterback star out to the Dairy Queen after the game: WHY IS THIS DECENT Disney????? HUH? HUH?????I mean, why watch this when there's old stuff like "Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers" (Now THAT'S good TV!!!!!)????? Why would you watch this greasy-haired excuse of a show????? The commercials are misleading, and isn't there teen stuff on, like, the CW or something?????HELLO!!!!! Am I the only one thinking clearly here????? PUH-LEEZE tell me I'm not just the only one here wondering, quoting David Letterman, "IS ZORRO ON????? ARE YOU COOKIN' BEANS????? WHAT TIME IS IT????? !" LOLP.S. I've just seen the last episode, and for you Bush-lovers, I'll watch where I sit in the classroom so that I won't end up locking lips at the end!!!!! LOL