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FILM REVIEW: Wells' classic 'Time Machine' dies on the screen

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From: University Wire
Date: 20020307
Author:Debra Filcman

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(The GW Hatchet) (U-WIRE) WASHINGTON -- The latest film version of H.G. Wells' "The Time Machine" (Dreamworks and Warner Bros. Pictures) lacks the depth and emotion that its author intended. It is a well- directed science fiction adventure with astounding special effects and some superb acting. But the script is silly and trifling.

The film, directed by Simon Wells, great-grandson of the famous novelist, makes more than its fair share of alterations to the original story.

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