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Timecrimes

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Nacho Vigalondo's time-travel thriller opens with Hector spying on a beautiful woman undressing in the woods near his property. Investigating, he finds her assaulted and he in turn is attacked by a man whose head is swathed in bandages. Fleeing, Hector encounters a scientific facility where a scientist persuades him to hide in a time machine. Traveling back in time just a few hours, he observes himself.
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Timecrimes is a low-budget thriller that's well-crafted and loaded with dark humor and bizarre twists.

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Jordan Hoffman UGO While I enjoyed the film a great deal, I honestly wonder if there'd be this amount of hoopla if the picture, say, starred a yamhead like Val Kilmer and was set in New Jersey. Rated: B- Aug 13, 2009 Full Review Tom Long Detroit News The key here is to keep things moving without letting the logical (or illogical) complications weigh down the action, and [director] Vigalondo does this well. Rated: B Mar 13, 2009 Full Review Andrew Pulver Guardian An enterprising Spanish time-travel thriller, that's light on DeLoreans and lightning bolts, but heavy on fiendish cross-currents of temporal interaction. Rated: 3/5 Feb 6, 2009 Full Review Josh Goller Spectrum Culture A film that doesn’t hinge on its sci-fi elements so much as it sets a flawed man loose in an intensely challenging situation and leaves us captivated in the time we spend watching him find his way out of it. Apr 20, 2023 Full Review David Harris Spectrum Culture There is not a dull moment in the film and as it speeds along to its chilling climax, we can do only one thing. Watch. Rated: 3.5/5 Oct 2, 2019 Full Review Kelly Jane Torrance Washington Times If you like the trickster films of Christopher Nolan (Memento, The Prestige), chances are you'll like Timecrimes. Rated: 3/4 Dec 12, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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Harry L What if the dumbest man of all time had access to time travel? How bad could he f his own life up and the lives of those around him? An absolutely hilarious watch. The reviews are right—it’s not about the sci fi—it’s about the ridiculousness of a time loop. Enjoy Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/14/25 Full Review Tom L Decent time travel thriller with an intricate plot that ties up all the loose ends gradually. It’s never really explained how the sequence of events starts since everything is a time loop. However, that fact wasn’t too distracting to the story. The main character does some pretty heinous things in trying to put things right with the time loop, but the filmmaker seems to want the audience to be on his side. Also, the main character seems to figure out all the right things to do every time which stretches the suspension of disbelief at times. But aside from these quibbles, I found the film enjoyable and suspenseful. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/12/25 Full Review Thomas D I feel like this was rated highly as a prank. It's awful. The time travel is incredibly straight forward. I don't want you to think it's a complex movie when I say it makes no sense. The characters just act with absolutely no sense whatsoever. Even before the head injuries. People just liked it because it's foreign and indie... And maybe the nice nudes. It's ridiculously silly. If you're looking for a smart time travel sci Fi skip this. If you want The Room with time travel, this is it. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 08/19/25 Full Review John W It’s not the best time travel/time loop film, but some moments and twists were surprising. What I liked most was actually the beginning, which was very mysterious and suspenseful. A good film that can definitely be recommended. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/09/25 Full Review Peter F Dull, boring, predictable, illogical. Avoid. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 06/14/25 Full Review Kyle C This movie executes its concept well, but it’s ultimately a concept that we’ve seen plenty of times before, and it doesn’t really play with any new ideas on top of it. I did really appreciate the symbolism of the bandages representing the shame of the character during that iteration, and the subsequent removal of the bandages representing acceptance of what he had become. It’s a fun, focused thriller and it’s worth a watch if you’re into some mind-bending stuff. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/16/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Nacho Vigalondo's time-travel thriller opens with Hector spying on a beautiful woman undressing in the woods near his property. Investigating, he finds her assaulted and he in turn is attacked by a man whose head is swathed in bandages. Fleeing, Hector encounters a scientific facility where a scientist persuades him to hide in a time machine. Traveling back in time just a few hours, he observes himself.
Director
Nacho Vigalondo
Producer
Eduardo Carneros
Screenwriter
Nacho Vigalondo
Distributor
Magnolia Pictures
Production Co
Zeppelins Integrals Produccions, S., Fine Productions, Karbo Vantas Entertainment
Rating
R (Nudity|Language)
Genre
Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
European Spanish
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 12, 2008, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 31, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA)
$38.1K
Runtime
1h 28m
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