Tim Travers & the Time Travelers Paradox

The core of this movie and the short is the same. A tight 16 minutes has been streeeeeetch out for essentially the same plot points but with a going nowhere podcast, a director hitman insert with such bad acting I almost shut the movie of.

A literal circle jerk was the one extra laugh this got from me, a cheap one.

I wanted more, got less.

Just the right amount of goofy banter, delving into both hard science fiction concepts, and philosophizing of creation myths, and delivering ridiculous and witty interactions between characters. Lead Sam Dunning does a great job commanding the screen with a truly shocking variety of concepts to showcase, Felicia Day was hilarious and ate up every scene she was in, and writer/director/actor Stimson Snead had me cackling at every turn. The additional cast was also full of top notch talent- super fun to see the likes of Joel McHale, Keith David, and Danny Trejo joining the cast. Was able to attend the premiere at the Cinequest Uplift Film Festival and clearly the whole cast and crew had a blast making the film. Truly, could not tell where each next step in the film would come from, and was constantly surprised at the left turns it took every chance it got.

A truly enjoyable movie, that keeps you off balance (and seriously amused) from the very start, because it is difficult to anticipate moment-to-moment. The main scientist character is unusual and gets explored in ways one wouldn't get to explore if it were not for there being so many of him. Sometimes time-travel/multi-universe stuff can be irritating, but not so here, maybe because it is not a tool to achieve something but the thing that is attempted to be understood, and that keeps the mystery and plot going, all the while you can't decide whether you are rooting for the mad scientist(s) to succeed or to be stopped.

It's hard to get the combo of sci-fi and comedy right, especially when you are trying to be truthful to the source material. This movie strikes a balance between being scientifically accurate in its dialogue and making sure you laugh along the way. Time travel isn't exactly a proven scientific fact, but the director did go as far as having an MIT professor write up an actual equation for the theoretical time travel in the movies plot and included it in the movie!

Just when you think Tim Travers has delivered it's most outrageous moment, it sneaks up and delivers an even more outrageous moment that makes the last one look tame. The story progresses quickly, leaving you blindsided by how this TARDIS-style train wreck is unfolding.

If you are looking for a comedy that leaves you in stitches, look no further than Tim Travers & the Time Travelers Paradox!

I just saw this film at cinequest film festival. It is a fast-paced movie with lots of laughs and interesting scientific talk too if you follow the discussion about the paradox. There is lot of killing in this film but it is done in an interesting manner and not just gratuitous. The effects of buildings exploding and the universe dividing are really well done and enhance the enjoyability of the film. The main actor, Samuel Dunning, did an amazing job playing more multiple roles than one can count. We had the filmmaker there and he let us know this was all done on an amazingly low budget and in an unbelievably short time.