Timeline
Archaeologists armed with experimental time-travel technology plunge into wartime fourteenth-century France to rescue a stranded professor before history and their shrinking return window consume them.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Moderate
- brisk
- pulp adventure
- heightened
- action movie night
- time travel marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film moderately entertaining as pulpy action but underused its time-travel premise and suffered from inconsistent tone, pacing, and point of view.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The archaeologists use a three-dimensional fax machine to travel from the present to France in 1357.
The travelers must survive the Hundred Years' War while navigating French and British forces.
The film contrasts quantum time-travel machinery and corporate technology with knights, castles, and battlefield action.
Chris and Kate travel into the past to retrieve Professor Johnston and must return before their window closes.
Films like Timeline, and why
back to the future
shared time travel premise, action spectacle, and accessible science fiction adventure
the visitors
shared historical time travel, medieval setting, and quest-driven adventure structure
a knight's tale
shared medieval warfare, swashbuckling action, and period adventure tone
indiana jones and the last crusade
shared archaeological mystery, historical peril, and pulpy action-adventure energy
Movie Details
- Director
- Richard Donner
- Release Date
- 2003-11-26
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Rating
- 5.7 / 10 (1217)
Cast
- Paul Walker
- Frances O'Connor
- Gerard Butler
- Billy Connolly
- David Thewlis
- Anna Friel
- Neal McDonough
- Matt Craven
- Ethan Embry
- Michael Sheen
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Timeline about?
- Archaeologists armed with experimental time-travel technology plunge into wartime fourteenth-century France to rescue a stranded professor before history and their shrinking return window consume them.
- What is Timeline like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Timeline as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Timeline violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Timeline as moderate.
- What did critics think of Timeline?
- Critics broadly found the film moderately entertaining as pulpy action but underused its time-travel premise and suffered from inconsistent tone, pacing, and point of view.
- Which films are like Timeline?
- Films with a similar feel include back to the future, the visitors, a knight's tale, and indiana jones and the last crusade.
- How long is Timeline?
- Timeline runs 115 minutes.
- Where can I watch Timeline?
- In United States, Timeline streams on fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus.
