12:01
An ordinary office worker trapped in a repeating day races to prevent his colleague's murder and escape an apparently endless temporal loop.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- tense
- uncanny
- urgent
- late night viewing
- 1990s nostalgia
What critics said
Critics generally regarded the television science-fiction thriller as an appealing but conventional time-loop mystery with an engaging central performance.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Barry alone remembers each repetition and uses that knowledge to investigate Lisa's murder and alter events.
Barry's ordinary office life and daily encounters recur exactly, creating suspense from mundane details.
Barry's attraction to Lisa becomes the emotional reason he keeps challenging the loop and trying to save her.
A faulty lamp wire and electrical shock at precisely 12:01 initiate Barry's repeated day.
Films like 12:01, and why
Groundhog Day
shared time loop premise, romantic stakes, and accessible science fiction thriller tone
Source Code
shared repeating-day structure, escalating suspense, and puzzle-solving through altered events
Repeaters
shared temporal repetition, ordinary protagonist, and urgent effort to prevent a death
Movie Details
- Director
- Jack Sholder
- Release Date
- 1993-12-16
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Rating
- 6.3 / 10 (168)
Cast
- Jonathan Silverman
- Helen Slater
- Martin Landau
- Nicolas Surovy
- Robin Bartlett
- Jeremy Piven
- Constance Marie
- Glenn Morshower
- Paxton Whitehead
- Cheryl Anderson
Common questions
- What is 12:01 about?
- An ordinary office worker trapped in a repeating day races to prevent his colleague's murder and escape an apparently endless temporal loop.
- What is 12:01 like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of 12:01 as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is 12:01 violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in 12:01 as mild.
- What did critics think of 12:01?
- Critics generally regarded the television science-fiction thriller as an appealing but conventional time-loop mystery with an engaging central performance.
- Which films are like 12:01?
- Films with a similar feel include Groundhog Day, Source Code, and Repeaters.
- How long is 12:01?
- 12:01 runs 92 minutes.
