An enjoyable version of the time-travel theme

Rating: Null/10 (17 April 2004)

I have not been a follower of Steven King's horror genre works but as a lover of sci-fi and adventure mysteries, I found this work to be an enjoyable outing. It's use of time travel and the psychological thriller themes, held up, in my opinion, with more famous works by Bradbury and Wells, even the benchmark "Time Machine"[H.G. Wells] and this movie version certainly delivered the theme somewhat better than the most recent movie based on the Wells work.
The scenes with the young actors were quite confronting [a quick reminder that the author is at home with Horror,] and I wonder if those young people were effectively debriefed following the scenes they acted. ..
I enjoyed the performances by all the principal actors, in particular Ashton Kutcher and Amy Smart and I'm impressed with the range they displayed after usually being given lighter slap-stick type material to work with.