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...plot of Time Machine revolves around the trials of distracted professor Alexander Hartdegan (Guy Pearce). Pleasantly bopping along with his trusty pocket watch in turn-of-the-century New York, Hartdegan becomes obsessed with changing the past after his fiancée dies moments after their betrothal. With all the energy of his angst, he builds—yes, that’s right—a time machine. But Hartdegan learns that the past cannot be changed, and consequently decides to check out what the future holds. A few plot twists later and we’re 800 centuries...
...acting in Time Machine raises questions about his versatility. The obsessive, removed quality that made Pearce’s performance in Memento so unique has returned in a lukewarm, watered-down form that dovetails nicely with the lukewarm, watered-down quality of the entire film. His portrayal of Hartdegan in Time Machine definitely represents a step down in an otherwise upwardly mobile career...
However, Samantha Mumba as the Mara, the Eloi woman Hartdegan befriends, simply glows. With her expressive eyes she exudes a natural grace that makes her the only believable character in the film. Time Machine marks Mumba’s film debut and she has turned in a performance that is sure to make her the new favorite among Hollywood starlets. Her character represents the simultaneous innocence and wisdom of the new human race. Mumba’s acting conveys the emotional and physical landscape of the future world in a way that the extravagant set does not. Apparently Warner Brothers...
...Time Machine’s attempt at moralizing about the danger of obsessing with technology comes in the final scene. With the line: “It’s only a machine,” the time machine is destroyed and Hartdegan is stranded forever 800,000 years in the future. But as this salient bit of information is revealed, the movie cuts quickly to a shot of the time traveler slyly grasping Mara’s hand. After all, it was only a machine that caused Hartdegan to save the future world and fall in love again after...
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