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The Present

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The Present

2024

1h 26m

Comedy

Fantasy

Drama

Romance

Sci-Fi

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53%

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When a young boy discovers he can use an enchanted grandfather clock to go back in time, he teams up with his siblings on a quest to bring their separated parents back together again.

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Kevin Maher

Times (UK)

The Parent Trap meets Rashomon meets Groundhog Day in an overly ambitious, and frankly muddled, conceptual premise for this charmless family film.

Rated: 2/5

May 29, 2024

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

Elevated by Jay Martel’s high-concept screenplay, which refuses to talk down to its audience, The Present is a peppy family adventure that delivers a formally adventurous structure and a recurring dog poo gag. Something for everyone then.

Rated: 3/5

May 29, 2024

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Tim Robey

Daily Telegraph (UK)

The film’s forgettable fluff, but perfectly genial, and it’s hard to imagine many hardcore objections to curling up with it.

Rated: 3/5

May 23, 2024

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Dave Golder

Radio Times

The film loses a whole star, though, for an unbelievably distasteful gag about food allergies that, because of the nature of the film, just keeps coming back.

Rated: 2/4

Aug 30, 2024

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Kat Halstead

Common Sense Media

The Present has parallels to The Parent Trap, Groundhog Day, and numerous other family sci-fi, time-travel adventures, and it uses the concept well to gradually reveal more about the lives of both parents and each of the kids in turn.

Jul 9, 2024

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

…it’s got that genial, eighties feel; if you like Back to the Future, Home Alone, Groundhog Day, Freaky Friday, The Parent Trap or other feel-good fantasies, then The Present has exactly what you’re looking for…

Rated: 3/5

Jun 21, 2024

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Audience Member

This movie is terrible..... I can't believe Steven Spielberg directed this.... I don't like the way it was filmed looks like a low budget movie..The acting sucks...and it's boring as hell.. I give it no stars ..

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/21/25

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Horror fan 4

What a sweet little time traveling movie we have here. A very well made movie for all to enjoy. Isla Fisher I absolutely adore. Tim Treakle

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/18/24

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Becky D

How on earth is this film a PG?!!!!! Shocking, crude not for 12 and under by any means. Disgusting. Netflix should be ashamed allowing it on kids profiles!!! F bombs, obvious sex references. Shameful.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

10/30/24

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Kaylie H

Absolutely laced with sexual references. Disgusting. So far theres been: A reference to an after sex cigarette. A reference to an erect penis A reference to 2 teenagers planning to have sex and a box of condoms. Do not watch this with children. Sickos.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/26/24

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Pete W

Bad idea #1: Never do a ripoff movie about one of the best films of my generation: Grounhog Day. Bad idea #2: Make sure the target audience is clear. Was this a story about getting a divorce aimed at parents? Or was it aimed at kids whose parents were divorced? Either way, it didn't work. Bad idea #3: Disney movies should be left to Disney. This was a horrible attempt at one.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/12/24

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Les N

Wow, that went quickly

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/12/24

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Synopsis

When a young boy discovers he can use an enchanted grandfather clock to go back in time, he teams up with his siblings on a quest to bring their separated parents back together again.

Director: Christian Ditter
Producer: Stuart Ford, Linda McDonough, Marcei A. Brown, Jessica Malanaphy
Screenwriter: Jay Martel
Distributor: Gravitas Ventures
Production Co: AGC Studios, Catchlight Studios
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 18, 2024
Runtime: 1h 26m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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