Needle in a Timestack Reviews

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• while "Needle in a Timestack" aims to be profound, it loses itself within the sci-fi premise rather than exploring the central romance in any detail

  by Mae Abdulbaki [ScreenRant ]

• the film is too blinded by manufactured sentimentality to see the more compelling what-if scenario lying right in front of its eyes

  by Mark Hanson [Slant Magazine ]

• in this uneven, meandering drama, writer-director John Ridley's time-travel romance underwhelms despite a promising premise, talented leads, and interesting source material

  by Sandie Angulo Chen [Common Sense Media ]

• despite a terrific cast, director John Ridley can't untangle the threads that would have made this dreary time-travel romance more engaging

  by Peter Debruge [Variety ]

• as a result, "Needle in a Timestack" feels more theoretical than romantically sweeping. The movie is almost all conversations, most of which are intriguing and sensitively structured, with little action. It's enough, but not worth changing the world for

  by Bob Strauss [San Francisco Chronicle ]

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