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	Review, Interviews: Clockstoppers
		"Clockstoppers" is filled to the brim with these "Ewok" moments, created by middle-aged filmmakers who think they know what's "hip" with kids right now.
		"Clockstoppers" is an atrociously bad movie for a variety of reasons - thin characters, poor acting, a script that bends the rules whenever it wants to, and the fact that it's just plain boring - but the worst part is the patronizing attitude behind it all.
		The movie reminds you of that annoying uncle you had when you were a kid, the one who would pat you on the head and tell you that someday, when you're older, you'd understand but for now you should go play with your toys or something.
	www.countingdown.com /features?feature_id=620232 (1852 words)

	Clockstoppers
		Clockstoppers is a cute and original movie geared towards a younger audience.
		He takes Clockstoppers in a new direction by not using time travel as we’ve come to know it in the movies; rather he takes the theory and gives it a new twist.
		The actors are believable for their age and Clockstoppers is a film for the whole family.
	www.ez-entertainment.net /zoneseye/clockstoppersview.htm (463 words)

	Clockstoppers
		The fun of "Clockstoppers" is that it has a catchy sci-fi gimmick and the special effects to back it up.
		The only memorable scene in "Clockstoppers" is the one in which young Zak (Jesse Bradford) and his girlfriend (Paula Garces) realize the watch's capabilities.
		"Clockstoppers" might have been a much more jolly ride had the two teenagers not had to spend so much time talking about how they might be murdered any second.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/reviews/movies/CLOCKSTOPPERS.DTL&type=printable (335 words)

	CLOCKSTOPPERS (PG): ChildCare Action Project (CAP) Media Analysis Report MAR22031
		CLOCKSTOPPERS (R) -- Our accountability as parents is clear [Luke 17:2].
		Also note that Clockstoppers is relatively free of drugs/alcohol, offenses to God such as His name in vain, witchcraft, sorcery, Satanism, etc., and completely free of murder/suicide.
		One, that maybe, by the sage advice of the MPAA, it is okay for our young ones to see and hear such ignominy at any age old enough to navigate a box of popcorn.
	www.capalert.com /capreports/clockstoppers.htm (2463 words)

	THE CINEMA LASER DVD REVIEW--
		CLOCKSTOPPERS ($30) is one of those movies that I like to term science fiction lite- just like regular science fiction, with only half the plausibility.
		Of course, one has to remember that CLOCKSTOPPERS is a Nickelodeon co-production, with a somewhat juvenile target audience that isn't likely to question the film's gaps in logic.
		Since CLOCKSTOPPERS is interned for the youth market, there is plenty of incidental pop music on the track- all of which is reproduced with terrific fidelity.
	www.thecinemalaser.com /dvd_review_2002/clockstoppers-dvd.htm (616 words)

	Review: Clockstoppers
		Clockstoppers, the new science fiction family adventure film from director Jonathan Frakes, illustrates that some fantasies are best left in the mind.
		Clockstoppers doesn't just have holes big enough to drive a truck through; it has holes big enough to engulf an ocean liner.
		Clockstoppers is obviously intended for the audience that enjoyed Spy Kids, but, despite some superficial similarities, this one lacks much of the charm, wit, and intelligence that marked Robert Rodriguez's first foray into family filmmaking.
	www.reelviews.net /movies/c/clockstoppers.html (694 words)

	Clockstoppers (2002) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
		When the government secretly hires a firm to produce a time-slowing device that would speed up a person's molecules so that they could travel at several times normal speed, a high school student ends up with the device and becomes the target of a manhunt to get it back.
		Clockstoppers is the first feature film from director Jonathan Frakes
		Clockstoppers is most certainly made for teens, but adults will be able to sit back and enjoy the film without feeling talked down to.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0157472 (919 words)

	Clockstoppers
		This is the latest movie from Nickelodeon, which means it is fairly family friendly, which also means that most people outside the young target audience will fail to find anything of worth here.
		Clockstoppers never really clicks because it seems like it is old.
		There's also nothing that stands out about anybody in the cast, except for the fact that Stewart is not as annoying as he usually is. Bradford and Garces are merely good-looking, anonymous actors saying their lines with little afterthought for charisma or presence.
	www.haro-online.com /movies/clockstoppers.html (593 words)

	Word About Biehn - Clockstoppers
		Its plot follows the adventures of young Zak Gibbs, who comes into possession of a watch that is capable of sending people into "hypertime," accelerating their movements to the point where they become invisible.
		Clockstoppers is an energetic, bright, and good-natured film with attractive and engaging young stars.
		Be sure to visit All Biehn's Clockstoppers pages for images and more information about the film.
	home.att.net /~wordaboutbiehn/Clockstoppers.htm (397 words)

	"Clockstoppers" / a review from Christian Spotlight on the Movies
		As is expected, Clockstoppers is your classic good-guy-creates-invention and bad-guys-wanna-use-it-for-evil plot.
		Clockstoppers is a lot like the hit Spy Kids -- it's fun for the family, though geared more toward teens (like Wargames or The Manhattan Project).
		Clockstoppers tells the story of Zak (Jesse Bradford) who loves bike stunts and selling stuff on E-bay (who doesn't love E-bay?!).
	www.christiananswers.net /spotlight/movies/2002/clockstoppers.html (1034 words)

	Movie Review - Clockstoppers - www.ericdsnider.com - The Official Website of Eric D. Snider
		That is the case with "Clockstoppers," and if I'm the only critic to make the point about time seeming to move really slowly during the film -- both onscreen and off -- then I'll eat my hat.
		It is from Nickelodeon, which can manufacture entertaining kids' stuff when it wants to, but which apparently didn't want to here.
		"Clockstoppers" tells of Zak Gibbs (Jesse Bradford, from "Bring It On"), a high school student whose dad is a brilliant scientist who has no time for his kids.
	www.ericdsnider.com /movies/clockstoppers (493 words)

	Clockstoppers (2002) - Google Search
		There probably isn'ta child alive who hasn't, at one time or another, dreamt of what it would be like to freeze time and live outside of it.
		In an early scene of " Clockstoppers," a student in a college physics class is unable to complete the sentence, "Einstein's Theory of.
		Clockstoppers" is about two teens with the ability to move forward in time by speeding up just enough so that everything else seems to be--but isn...
	google.com /reviews?cid=b43875956bdd4584&fq=&range=2 (262 words)

	KINNOPIO - Clockstoppers
		Nickelodeon's last release before Clockstoppers was the computer-animated Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, and that saw success (and even an Oscar nomination) because of its originality and sharp-wittedness.
		Sure, the kids liked the cool animation and funny characters, but the adults were able to enjoy it as well because it was clever and mostly made sense (this is the trick Disney has mastered long ago in its family films).
		There is a thin action element to Clockstoppers, and that helps to make the majority of the audience (especially the kids) forget there is even a reason behind things, but it's really difficult to enjoy it as an action movie -- or as any kind of movie for that matter.
	home.earthlink.net /~kinnopio/reviews/2002/clockstoppers.htm (680 words)

	Amazon.com: Clockstoppers: Video: Tony Abatemarco,Michael Biehn,Jesse Bradford,Esperanza Catubig,Paula Garcés,Jason ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
		Clockstoppers is now available to download for $2.99 from Amazon Unbox.
		Clockstoppers suffers from a lack of any internal logic, but the basic idea fuels a reasonably swift story and some decent special effects.
		Clockstoppers, however, can only be enjoyed by a select group of children who are either half asleep or high on candy.
	www.amazon.com /Clockstoppers-Tony-Abatemarco/dp/B0000687KL (2142 words)

	DVD Verdict Review - Clockstoppers
		Clockstoppers is an enjoyable enough movie, though I have a hard time recommending it to anyone over the age of 15.
		Clockstoppers' theory/idea could have made for a really cool story—instead of stopping time (or traveling back and fourth in it), a person is able to slow it down to a minute crawl.
		There are a few interesting tidbits to be found here (including some rather cool footage on how some of the special effects were achieved), though otherwise this is a clips-heavy documentary that won't add much to one's knowledge of the production.
	www.dvdverdict.com /reviews/clockstoppers.php (1389 words)

	Clockstoppers Reviews
		Susan Granger's review of "CLOCKSTOPPERS" (Paramount Pictures) This trippy time-travel saga is specifically targeted at a preteen audience who will probably like it far better than their parents.
		CLOCKSTOPPERS, by Jonathan Frakes, the director of many of the STAR TREK films, has an intriguing premise about something called hypertime.
		A car going 25 mph is passed by another going 225 mph, but the slower car will appear frozen to the one going faster.
	www.killermovies.com /c/clockstoppers/reviews (276 words)

	"Clockstoppers" - Salon
		"Clockstoppers" contains an impressive science-fiction idea, able special effects and a teenage protagonist who -- thanks to actor Jesse Bradford -- is real, likable and entertaining.
		"Clockstoppers" is the kind of movie that rekindles interest in imaginative books like "Einstein's Dreams," while also making you want to muzzle Sen.
		What "Clockstoppers" achieves in acting and decent special effects, it undermines with weak dialogue and directing.
	dir.salon.com /story/ent/movies/review/2002/03/29/clockstoppers/index.html (970 words)

	Clockstoppers
		The only thing that Clockstoppers doesn't seem to have borrowed from its predecessors is a sense of humour and a kernel of intelligence.
		Worse than all that narrative laziness, Clockstoppers makes the mistake of attempting a hackneyed scientific explanation of the time-stopping device ("It speeds up your molecules!") without also attempting to justify how such a thing wouldn't result in the combustion or disintegration of the subject, or how it would change the subject's perception of time.
		Clockstoppers is, however, the most well meaning and scatology-free of the recent spate of made-for-teen movies--a fact that in of itself only means that the bad taste that lingers from the picture stems from bored disdain rather than disgust.
	filmfreakcentral.net /screenreviews/clockstoppers.htm (467 words)

	RTÉ.ie Entertainment: Clockstoppers
		Although it tries hard to be a 'Matrix'-lite for kids, 'Clockstoppers' lacks originality, imagination and any hint of danger.
		Jessie Bradford is a likeable, although slightly too old looking (at 23), as the teenage slacker who becomes a hero but is nearly eclipsed by Paula Garces who can lay a villain out with her lethal ballet kicks.
		'Clockstoppers' does have moments of charm but in the main it is routine and forgettable.
	www.rte.ie /arts/2002/1010/clockstoppers.html (385 words)

	Clockstoppers \| Movie Review \| Entertainment Weekly
		With one flick of a button, everything appears to freeze, and the watch-wearer gets zapped into ''hypertime.'' There, the eager young clockstoppers exist freely (they're actually moving very fast), while the rest of the world slows to a standstill.
		At one point, the exchange student (whose Spanish accent is truly a matter of relativity) passes her hand through drops of sprinkler water that remain magically aloft.
		''Clockstoppers'' has nothing to offer but its one meager technological trick, and before you know it, the trick disappears.
	www.ew.com /ew/article/0,,220667~1~0~clockstoppers,00.html (412 words)

	: RevolutionSF - Clockstoppers : Review
		Clockstoppers does get points for addressing a problem that I quickly had to face in my time-stopping daydreams.
		The de-aging chair that Clockstoppers comes up with is remarkably similar to my method, which involved a cellular regeneration machine that worked while I slept at night.
		In any case, if Clockstoppers were judged solely by its time-stop sequences, it'd be a darn cool movie.
	www.revolutionsf.com /article.html?id=1066 (1954 words)

	Clockstoppers (2002): Reviews
		They may not have made another "Back to the Future," but to their credit, the makers of Clockstoppers don't patronize or underestimate their pre-teen audience nearly as much as has become customary.
		To be fair, Clockstoppers isn't a bad film, merely bereft of creativity and personality.
		With Clockstoppers, Frakes hobbles along with a high-concept film that doesn't live up to its potential.
	www.metacritic.com /film/titles/clockstoppers (752 words)

	USATODAY.com - 'Clockstoppers' spins a pleasant tale of time (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
		Clockstoppers tries and winds up with a pleasant, if forgettable, romp of a film.
		Even though romance buds between Zak and Francesca, the movie remains mindful of its family-friendly rating and the goings-on are pretty innocent.
		And at only 94 minutes, Clockstoppers won't make parents who aren't riveted by the film feel that time has come to a crashing halt.
	www.usatoday.com /life/movies/2002/2002-03-29-clockstoppers.htm (436 words)

	Young stars have the time of their lives in 'Clockstoppers' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
		To be precise, time doesn't actually stop or slow in "Clockstoppers." The characters accelerate to unreal speeds with the help of an experimental watch that works on the sci-fi mumbo-jumbo principle (in other words, it doesn't make sense and no one really cares).
		To be fair, "Clockstoppers" isn't a bad film, merely bereft of creativity and personality.
		For parents on the lookout for inoffensive material for teens and preteens who have outgrown the kiddie stuff, "Clockstoppers" has enough action and effects to fit the bill.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /movies/64343_clockstoppers29q.shtml (637 words)

	Clockstoppers Movie Review (2002) from Channel 4 Film
		Since the invention of 'time slice' photography (the special effect technique made familiar in the 'bullet time' sequence of The Matrix), filmmakers have been trying to exploit it further.
		Cynics could say Clockstoppers is an attempt to build a story around this technique.
		The film, however, is enough fun, and has enough straightforward charm, to amount to more than its funky special effects.
	www.channel4.com /film/reviews/film.jsp?id=102151 (251 words)

	Clockstoppers
		Clockstoppers has a great premise, one that's been done before - but with nearly endless possibilities.
		The special effects are actually quite good: director Jonathan Frakes even makes use of some "low technology," effectively using mimes to simulate a crowd of frozen folk.
		Clockstoppers was "hyped" as this generation's Back to the Future.
	www.scifidimensions.com /Mar02/clockstoppers.htm (454 words)

	TheMovieBoy Review: Clockstoppers (2002)
		Both a teen romance and a story about having the ability to literally stop time in its tracks, "Clockstoppers" is a family-friendly fantasy that ends up doing very little with its imaginative premise.
		The idea of "hyper-time" is a fascinating one, and some of the special effects are rather cool to look at, as Zak and Francesca make their way around a city of people, cars, animals, and water that have seemingly come to a standstill.
		While undiscriminating pre-pubescent tweens may find a lot to be entertained with in "Clockstoppers," everyone else should be able to pick up on all of the sloppiness found within the screenplay.
	www.themovieboy.com /reviews/c/02_clockstoppers.htm (602 words)

	Clockstoppers (2002): Jesse Bradford, Paula Garcis, Robin Thomas, French Stewart - PopMatters Film Review
		Though they might have to go to school, they might rather ride their bikes all day, scope out potential dates, and go to raves all night.
		Better, the film never denigrates a teen worldview in favor of "mature" sensibilities: its plot moves quickly, but not necessarily efficiently; its look is colorful and action sequences are fanciful.
		In fact, Clockstoppers' teenaged protagonist Zak Gibbs (Jesse Bradford) is a younger, baggier-pants version of Frakes' best-known incarnation, as Commander William Riker of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
	www.popmatters.com /film/reviews/c/clockstoppers.shtml (1052 words)

	:: rogerebert.com :: Reviews :: Clockstoppers (xhtml) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
		In an early scene of "Clockstoppers," a student in a college physics class is unable to complete the sentence, "Einstein's Theory of..." And just as well, too, since any time-manipulation movie has to exist in blissful ignorance of Einstein's theory.
		"Clockstoppers" has a new twist: The traveler doesn't travel through time but stays right where he is, and lives faster.
		"Clockstoppers" has high energy, bright colors, neat sets, and intriguing effects as the speeded-up characters zip around.
	rogerebert.suntimes.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20020329/REVIEWS/203290301/1023 (525 words)

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