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24 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Los Angeles TimesJan StuartLos Angeles TimesJan StuartExceptionally user-friendly for the technologically challenged among us and rides over its less inspired patches on a wave of cheeky humor.
- 63Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe movie has been produced by Nickelodeon, and will no doubt satisfy its intended audience enormously. It does not cross over into the post-Nickelodeon universe.
- 50L.A. WeeklyMark OlsenL.A. WeeklyMark OlsenIntermittently fun, but mostly just efficiently passable.
- 50USA TodayClaudia PuigUSA TodayClaudia PuigTries and winds up with a pleasant, if forgettable, romp of a film.
- 50New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanAfter the first hour, it starts to convince you that time really can stand still.
- 50Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonVillage VoiceMichael AtkinsonIf I were 13, I might be sufficiently entranced by the movie's bicycle stunts (down stairs! across countertops!) and wouldn't be wondering why ideas for science fiction films haven't progressed very far from "Star Trek's" first seasons all those decades ago.
- 40The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasBotches what could be the most mischievous power since Scott Baio's telekinesis in the 1982 comedy "Zapped!": a wristwatch that speeds up time for the user until the rest of the world seems to be standing still.
- 40VarietyRobert KoehlerVarietyRobert KoehlerA blandly conceived youth adventure lacking zing or style.
- 25Baltimore SunMichael SragowBaltimore SunMichael SragowNot enough to keep Clockstoppers from turning viewers into clock-watchers.
- 16Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanStops time, all right -- it stretches 94 minutes into something that begins to feel like infinity.