Very goofy. The only good stuff here is unintentional humor. The night arrows cracks me up.

Its only redeeming quality is Gerard Butler.

the only reason i ever wanted to watch this was because i knew there was gonna be a trebuchet in it. after seeing it, that's still the only reason anyone should want to see it.

Frankly a stupid and very boring movie. An awful cast and a script and plot that seems to have been cobbled together by a room full of chimpanzees make for a excriusiating couple of hours. I'm quite fond of Richard Donner and many of his films, but this is total rubbish.

I'm not comfortable writing reviews about comedies, but I'll attempt to review Timeline. Timeline is so bad it is funny. From broken, incoherent dialogue to obvious, gaping plot holes it is laughable. Timeline is listed as a Sci-fi/Adventure genre but Comedy fits it fine. Paul Walker's performance as an archeologist's son is somewhat believable, but his supposed Scottish ancestry is not. I have never read the book, but I bet this movie does not do it justice. Do not waste your time on this film.

G. Butler is cute but not to make this film worthy.

Eventyrfilm skal være pompøse, fantasifulde og for alt i verden godt lavet, for ellers bliver de nemt tomme udstyrsstykker der ikke virker. Når arkæologerne nu sendes til Middelalderen, så kunne det have været sjov at det havde lignet middelalderen - frem for en klicheverden a al film fra 40´erne. Den holder ganske enkelt ikke - dårlig dårlig

It loses a lot of depth in the transition to film (a lot of the book's material, designed to provide a greater sense of realism, is cast aside in favour of explosions), but the real problem here is the weak cast; Walker is extremely bland, Sheen is chronically underused, and everyone seems more intent on running around and sweating than getting anywhere. Having said that, Butler's performance (while hardly shining) is the best of the bunch.

Great story. Bad acting.

Not a good adaptation of the book, and the book wasn't that good either now that I think on it.

Not comparable to the novel

"The attempt to stay true to a historically minded adventure by maintaining a strangely subdued tone in terms of action just doesn't work." - Joshua Vasquez

Better than Blade Runner.

Rediciously stupid.

The acting and script are awful. But the set design and original music are impressive. The scene with the trebuchets adds significantly to the my score, and actually, if you can endure over an hour of really bad cinema to get there, almost makes this film worth watching -- if you like trebuchets that is.