Rating of
3.5/4
Indyfreak - wrote on 04/19/22
Nicholas Meyer would later earn recognition for his work on several of the Star Trek films. But he cut his teeth with this wondrous and charming science fiction film. It works as several different stories in one entertaining narrative. It's a fish-out-of-water comedy, it's a social science fiction tale, it's a meet-cute romance, and a police procedural. Malcolm McDowell is amusingly likable in a rare heroic lead role as H.G. Wells. David Warner is quite sinister as the sadistic Jack the Ripper himself. Mary Steenburgen comes close to stealing the whole movie as the snarky love interest for H.G. Wells.
