Project Almanac

“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.”

Drew Taylor, The Playlist · 75

“On the whole, this is a good B-movie that hits it modest marks.”

David Edelstein, New York Magazine (Vulture) · 70

“Despite the film’s largely hectic point-of-view, first-time helmer Dean Israelite credibly establishes a science-positive environment that ultimately results in less-than-intelligent displays of teenage impulsiveness, and the kids have a believably determined camaraderie as they only ever use the device together to get revenge on bullies, win the lottery, and snag backstage passes at Lollapalooza.”

William Goss, Austin Chronicle · 67

“Clever, funny but emotionally stunted. Like most teenagers.”

Roger Moore, Movie Nation · 63

“One of the advantages of time travel in a found-footage film is that it makes the chronology and causality so confusing that the problem of who’s shooting what becomes secondary. On the other hand, it doesn’t allow fast-forwarding through all the boring bits. For starters, I could have done with far less Lollapalooza.”

Peter Keough, Boston Globe · 63