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Project Almanac

PG-13 Released Jan 30, 2015 1h 46m Sci-Fi Mystery & Thriller List
38% Tomatometer 99 Reviews 45% Popcornmeter 25,000+ Ratings
David Raskin (Jonny Weston) is a high-school science nerd who dreams of going to MIT. When he and his friends (Sam Lerner, Allen Evangelista) find his late father's plans for a "temporal displacement device," David can't wait to start tinkering. When they finally get the device to work, the teenagers jump at the opportunity to manipulate time in their favor -- but their joy is short-lived when they begin to discover the consequences of their actions.
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Project Almanac isn't without wit or originality, but its thin story and irritating found-footage camerawork ultimately make it difficult to recommend.

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Lenika Cruz The Atlantic The genre dramatizes the identity formation that goes on during the digital technology-glutted adolescent years, which are filled with screens and captured images, whether from smartphones, cameras, vlogging, or pictures on social media. Jan 21, 2016 Full Review Kevin Maher Times (UK) Enough already with the "found footage" movies. Rated: 2/5 Mar 9, 2015 Full Review Sandra Hall Sydney Morning Herald The 106 minutes between the opening scene and the end credits still feels like an eternity. Rated: 1/5 Mar 6, 2015 Full Review Cory Woodroof Williamson Home Page Project Almanac is a rousing success for the hard-to-nail found footage and time travel genres a fun January release that will more than make up for the lack of quality 2015 titles out at the multiplex. Feb 11, 2022 Full Review Richard Crouse Richard Crouse Has all the annoying traits of found footage movies-"You're getting all this, right?"-and screams out for a tripod, but for the most part is a zippy young adult sci fi story with equal parts brains and heart. Rated: 3/5 Feb 2, 2021 Full Review Brent McKnight The Last Thing I See Goofy, clever, and endearing enough to be worth your time. Rated: B- Jul 6, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Richard J Project Almanac is am inciteful B movie where an MIT hopeful and his friends find/invent a time machine, but what I found great about this film is the realism of the choices and actions the group take. It wouldn't be a classic time travel film without changing history, but the story is believable and runs smoothly in an uncomplicated way. Alot of critics slam the camerawork, but for me, this is kinda integral to the plot and makes the movie work. I for one would love a sequel, but this works incredibly well as a standalone movie. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/21/24 Full Review Belize M The movie will have you time traveling to the good old times where throwing big words at your enemy to confuse him and make him think you're smarter than you really are was in fashion. Both the writers and the director have an impressive record of flopping with every single project they ever touched. And the plot is sadly proof of it. One way they could achieve overnight success is by making people pay to not have to watch their work. If it wasn't for the wobbly camera work i would've thought it was the film itself that was making me nauseous. The only half compliment i can give is to the cast, which didn't suck as much as everything else in this movie. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 07/08/24 Full Review Dimen S The last time I went on this website was probably 2 or 3 years ago. I literally just logged in my account from a new computer because I have just finished watching this movie, and I can tell you, this is one of the best movies that I've seen in my life. I really didn't expect much of it, but I was so wrong. Do you know how rare it is for a time travel movie/show to just slightly make sense when you think about it ? Timeless fucked it up, Doctor Who wasn't consistent, Interstellar got it well by playing safe and not making it the main plot device. I got so immersed into the story, and the found footage camera style might have played a heavy role in that, when the character where happy, I was happy, when they were frightened, I was, it sounds so stupid but whatever, this is beside the point. Watch this movie if you can, that's it. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/20/24 Full Review Karina P I really enjoyed this movie! It reminded me a bit of the butterfly effect and also the movie Multiverse. The ending wasn't exactly what I wanted, but still was good! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/07/24 Full Review Jon L The main character is an ego douche who blames the machine he was manipulating & harming his friends with. Graphics and concept were great but the main character was so irritating. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 06/07/24 Full Review Joe W Kind of a stupid movie. If anyone had this much excitement and activity packed into their life, they'd have heart attacks. Just not plausible. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/28/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis David Raskin (Jonny Weston) is a high-school science nerd who dreams of going to MIT. When he and his friends (Sam Lerner, Allen Evangelista) find his late father's plans for a "temporal displacement device," David can't wait to start tinkering. When they finally get the device to work, the teenagers jump at the opportunity to manipulate time in their favor -- but their joy is short-lived when they begin to discover the consequences of their actions.
Director
Dean Israelite
Producer
Michael Bay, Andrew Form, Brad Fuller
Screenwriter
Jason Harry Pagan, Andrew Deutschman
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Production Co
Platinum Dunes
Rating
PG-13 (Some Language|Sexual Content)
Genre
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 30, 2015, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
May 24, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$22.3M
Runtime
1h 46m
Sound Mix
Datasat, Dolby Digital
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