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Anyone who’s seen a time-traveling movie or two knows that time travel comes with a bunch of important rules. And in the sci-fi comedy Tim Travers & the Time Traveler’s Paradox, one man sets out to test one of the most important time-traveling theories.
Tim Travers & the Time Traveler’s Paradox follows a reclusive mad scientist (Samuel Dunning) on a bizarre quest. After creating a time machine, he travels back in time to kill his younger self—which should then make him cease to exist, too. But when he ends up looking down on his dead self, he’s not sure how it’s possible—and he’s determined to figure out what went wrong. In doing so, though, he ends up in a laboratory filled with versions of himself, trying to outrun assassins and determine the meaning of life.
Instead of taking the time to build up to Tim’s big time-traveling experiment, the film jumps right in without much fanfare. He steps out of his time machine, shoots his younger self, and kicks off all kinds of sci-fi chaos. Several versions of Tim end up lifeless on the floor as more and more versions of Tim attempt to figure out how and why it could possibly be happening. And what plays out after that is just...messy and complicated.
Outside Tim’s big, impressive lab, a number of Tims are shot by an increasingly confused assassin (played by writer/director Stimson Snead), who’s been hired by a man known as the Kingmaker. Meanwhile, as the remaining Tims debate scientific laws, some end up in awkward relationships with each other, while others just bicker and look for coffee. And in the midst of it all, there are clips from a show with obnoxious podcaster (Joel McHale), snippets from a bad date with the podcaster’s producer (Felicia Day), and a run-in or two with someone who may or may not be God. Though it has its amusing moments, though, it’s all strange and confusing, with a whole lot of clones of a guy who’s not at all likable. Most of the film just feels like a series of inside jokes between a group of nerdy friends. The idea is intriguing, but the finish product is a definite head-scratcher.
If you’ve ever spent an evening with your friends, discussing the scientific principles involved in time travel, you may find Tim Travers & the Time Traveler’s Paradox amusing. If not, you’ll most likely just find it strange and awkward.
Follow the Tims on their mission when Tim Travers & the Time Traveler’s Paradox arrives in select theaters on May 30, 2025—or catch it on demand on June 24.
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