Timecode 2000

Critics score:
68 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Ebert & Roeper: Read more

Susan Stark, Detroit News: An intriguing, often very entertaining thriller with deliciously sexy, satirical and melodramatic flourishes. Read more

Jane Sumner, Dallas Morning News: Worth seeing for the way Mr. Figgis ... skewers the pretentiousness of conventional production and makes it (at least for a time) mesmerizing if not very human. Read more

A.O. Scott, New York Times: Most movies offer carefully calibrated insults to the intelligence. This one just might make you smarter. Read more

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Read more

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: The screen is filled by 28 actors, some familiar and some not, but all of them effective. Read more

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: Read more

Houston Chronicle: For those who just want a good story and to heck with exploring brave new worlds of cinema, Time Code may seem like Time Cod-liver Oil. Read more

Steven Rosen, Denver Post: Surprisingly breezy to watch, because Figgis smashingly manipulates sound to focus our attention from one place to another. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: Stands as a rare feat of technology made human. Read more

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James Berardinelli, ReelViews: A triumph of style and technological innovation, but a failure in terms of storytelling. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: I recommend the film. Read more

Bob Graham, San Francisco Chronicle: Turns out to be more ambitious than it is satisfying. Read more

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Amy Taubin, Village Voice: Everything Figgis tries to do in Time Code, Warhol did three decades ago. Read more