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Clockstoppers

Play trailer 2:21 Poster for Clockstoppers PG Released Mar 15, 2002 1h 34m Kids & Family Comedy Adventure Sci-Fi Play Trailer Watchlist
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Until now, Zak Gibbs' (Jesse Bradford) greatest challenge has been to find a way to buy a car. But when he discovers an odd wristwatch amidst his father's various inventions and slips it on -- something very strange happens. The world around him seems to come to a stop, everything and everybody frozen in time. Zak quickly learns how to manipulate the device and he and his quick-witted and beautiful new friend, Francesca, start to have some real fun.
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A pleasant diversion for the young teens, but a waste of time for anyone older.

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Nell Minow Common Sense Media Fun action comedy with nifty special effects. Rated: 4/5 Dec 22, 2010 Full Review Empire Magazine Rated: 2/5 Dec 30, 2006 Full Review Neil Smith BBC.com Rated: 2/5 Sep 23, 2002 Full Review Betsy Bozdech DVDJournal.com The best thing to do with Clockstoppers is to make like Zak: Put it into hypertime (aka fast-forward) until you get to the good parts. Rated: 1.5/4 Jan 14, 2022 Full Review Mark Halverson Sacramento News & Review Rated: 2/5 Aug 7, 2008 Full Review Film Threat Rated: 1/5 Dec 6, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Songer K I WISH I Could give this. 0 stars. Cause this, is a cashgrab. Now, I'm not a fan of Nickelodeon Movies, but this movie is the bottom of the barrel. Do NOT Watch Clockstoppers under any circumstances. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 10/06/23 Full Review Red B Biggest problem is I realized they don't even stop time so the name is flase advertising. The acting isn't that good. The main character is a bumbling idiot geek half the time with cheesy lines. At times the line delivery is too fast for some reason and makes scenes feel rushed especially at the start. The acting also is very cheesy and over the top with its delivery. The worst part is the flat to terrible humor rampant throughout this. Bad slapstick, dog pee, bad puns, and just dumb jokes that are unneeded and make everything feel watered down. Also, the black friend is completely useless and contributes nothing to the plot. The cinematography isn't that good either. Basic Camerawork, bleh special effects which is a big letdown for a cool idea, and just dumb visual gags constantly. They really don't do much with the cool special effects. The nitrogen is kind of farfetched and stupid looking. The slow motion is really well done just used in such stupid/boring ways. The music is ok enough but man it is super dated and screams 2000's. The editing isn't good as this tries to be a Sci-Fi Kids story and a comedy at the same time and never makes the two work together at all. Sometimes it feels like a cross between Spy Kids (especially infiltrating the base) and The Matrix with slowing time. This leads to terrible pacing as this goes from too fast at the start, to many jokes in the middle, back to incredibly boring, and it drags action scenes out for more visual gags and it never works. This feels like a 2 hour movie. It's a shame because this could be a cool idea if they would've focused on devloping the idea in a serious way instead of devoting so much time to subpar comedy. You could do some really cool editing ideas with this. There actually isn't that much slowing time either in this. It's only in about a third of the movie also which was a big letdown. Most of it is again...dumb jokes. This has potential for a remake if it has better acting and less comedy than anything. As of now, stay away from this. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 10/08/23 Full Review Ramn Argenis U Los efectos son horribles y los protagonistas no son interesantes y el villano es flojo es una 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮 Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 07/07/23 Full Review Audience Member Cute fun young adult flick about a kid stealing his scientist's dad his watch that can make him travel in "hypertime" so his molecules can vibrate so fast it renders him practically invisible to others. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Really cool sci-fi movie in its unique approach to time travel. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/30/22 Full Review Audience Member The greatest family fantasy movie ever, LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Until now, Zak Gibbs' (Jesse Bradford) greatest challenge has been to find a way to buy a car. But when he discovers an odd wristwatch amidst his father's various inventions and slips it on -- something very strange happens. The world around him seems to come to a stop, everything and everybody frozen in time. Zak quickly learns how to manipulate the device and he and his quick-witted and beautiful new friend, Francesca, start to have some real fun.
Director
Jonathan Frakes
Producer
Gale Anne Hurd, Julia Pistor
Screenwriter
Rob Hedden, Andy Hedden, J. David Stem, David N. Weiss
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Production Co
Nickelodeon Movies
Rating
PG (Mild Language|Action/Violence)
Genre
Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 15, 2002, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$37.0M
Runtime
1h 34m
Sound Mix
Dolby Stereo, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Surround, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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