Project Almanac is a rousing success for the hard-to-nail found footage and time travel genres a fun January release that will more than make up for the lack of quality 2015 titles out at the multiplex.

Full Review | Feb 11, 2022

Has all the annoying traits of found footage movies-"You're getting all this, right?"-and screams out for a tripod, but for the most part is a zippy young adult sci fi story with equal parts brains and heart.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 2, 2021

Goofy, clever, and endearing enough to be worth your time.

Full Review | Original Score: B- | Jul 6, 2020

It hardly entertains... and you will quickly forget it. Anyway, at least it doesn't offend. [Full Review in Spanish]

Full Review | Apr 25, 2020

Has a catchy, high-concept premise... But it is the horribly botched found footage aspects that doom Project Almanac.

Full Review | Jan 9, 2020

Project Almanac feels like a cautionary tale of what happens when creators make literally every wrong decision.

Full Review | Original Score: F | Jul 30, 2019

Ultimately forgettable despite some novel ideas, Project Almanac loses a point for also being a found-footage movie; a stupid gimmick that only adds the risk of causing a migraine.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | May 16, 2019

Project Almanac's exuberance for the scientific aspect of time travel, unique use of handheld camerawork, and allusion to allegorical decisions makes for a fun watch, even if the overwhelming teen feel to the film detracts from being taken too seriously.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 4, 2019

Writer Andrew Deutschman has crafted a smart and very self-aware film that makes plenty of references to other movies in the genre.

Full Review | Original Score: B- | Jan 24, 2019

PA morphs into teen soap opera territory and sinks the minimal sci-fi flavoring it had for a nonsensical diversion punctuated by the aforementioned shoddy camera fluctuation and lack of time-traveling zest beyond small-time incidental dilemmas

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 10, 2018

Some decent acting cannot save the awful plot and gimmicky direction of Project Almanac. Save yourself some time and relive Back To the Future some more.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/10 | Oct 24, 2018

Project Almanac just wants to say "This stuff has already been done before, so there's no point in trying to get it right."

Full Review | May 21, 2018

As a story, as an experience, it's one of the most underrated movies of the last few years. [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 30, 2018

It's a far better teen movie than sci-fi film, but thanks to its affable cast, I wasn't wishing for a magical do-over to have those two hours back.

Full Review | Jun 5, 2017

Project Almanac is a good entertainment, suitable for a teen movie or another proposal that uses the found footage format. [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Original Score: 6.9/10 | Apr 25, 2017

The small scale CGI makes the time travel believable.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 28, 2016

The genre dramatizes the identity formation that goes on during the digital technology-glutted adolescent years, which are filled with screens and captured images, whether from smartphones, cameras, vlogging, or pictures on social media.

Full Review | Jan 21, 2016

Maybe every time-travel movie can't use a souped-up DeLorean, but Project Almanac may leave you wanting to pull out your old copy of Back to the Future instead.

Full Review | Nov 5, 2015

Yet another chance to berate the found-footage genre, and I'm going to take it.

Full Review | Original Score: C- | Jun 16, 2015

Let's be honest -- no gimmick in cinema past, present or future could make this tripe palatable.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | May 30, 2015