Synopsis
A group of teens discover secret plans of a time machine, and construct one. However, things start to get out of control.
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Cast
- Jonny WestonDavid Raskin
- Sofia Black-D'EliaJessie Pierce
- Sam LernerQuinn Goldberg
- Allen EvangelistaAdam Le
- Virginia GardnerChristina Raskin
- Amy LandeckerKathy Raskin
- Gary WeeksBen Raskin
- Macsen LintzDavid, Age 7
- Gary GrubbsDr. Lou
- Michelle DeFraitesSarah Nathan
Recommendations
- 75
The Playlist
All of the young actors are committed, and director Dean Israelite has a good handle on the material, offering his own contributions to the time travel genre (like how violent the act itself is) while continually tipping his hat to what came before it. - 63
Movie Nation
Clever, funny but emotionally stunted. Like most teenagers. - 60
TheWrap
Even with all the teen angst and temporal alterations, the film stays fleet, funny and fast, especially as our leads figure out, through trial and error, how they can take advantage of their new abilities in ways large and small. - 60
The Guardian
Despite the uncomfortable sexism and altogether predictable nature of the film, I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t modestly entertaining. - 60
New York Daily News
Every generation gets the time travel it deserves. Project Almanac isn’t “Time After Time” (1979) or “Back to the Future” (1985) or “12 Monkeys” (1996), but the new release does turn out to be a surprisingly jaunty trip for jaded Gen-Y kids. - 50
New York Post
I know this is a teen-boy fantasy — it was produced by Michael Bay, after all — but the female characters in Project Almanac are lamely retro, little more than props in short shorts. - 50
San Francisco Chronicle
High on fun but low on depth, Project Almanac is told entirely from the perspective of a video camera, which instantly made me regret that I had eaten dinner before the screening. - 40
Variety
Evaluated on the concept’s own terms, the script clearly could have used another do-over or two before Israelite and his cast took the plunge.
