Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

disgusting, overrated, pointless

A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

One of my all time favorite movies, not merely in the "time travel" class but in any class. Before doing this review I checked a site that promised to name the 100 best time travel movies of all time and this wonderful film was not even listed! So I am writing this review to both right a terrible wrong and at the same time maybe, just maybe, convince one potential viewer in the future to check this out. (My other reviews detail my view that, by the 22nd century, for the price of a sandwich, you will be able to buy/rent the entire IMDb and have it beamed directly into your cortex). Where shall I start? The direction is by David Twohy, the man who turned Vin Diesel into a superstar and is behind the Riddick franchise. So you are not going to have to put up with any second rate film making. Jeff Daniels is the emotional center, the glue, of the story, and this was before his breakout role in Newsroom when he showed the world that, if he had to, he could carry an entire weekly series on his back. He plays a widower trying to get over the recent loss of his wife and, even though I checked the spoiler box, that is as much as I want to share with you for now. Finally the setup. Nothing short of brilliant. Daniels' character is running a middling B&B in the middle of nowhere (to cope with the aforesaid loss) and a very very very (3 "very"s, done deliberately) strange group of guests shows up. And that's when the fun starts. I love the film and it also has one of my favorite endings of all time. Which BTW is no easy feat. I could easily do an entire site of 100 time travel films with great beginnings, great middles, and really rotten endings. (See also my review of Timeshifters in case you too have a Time Travel "jones" and you are looking for leads.) Final comment: find it, rent it, buy it, own it. See it.

I will keep this short. Grand Tour is a very enjoyable science fiction film. It relies on thinking as opposed to special effects. It is a good story with vivid characters. This film is a great, solid sci-fi story and is worth the watch.

I keep finding real gems of films on late-night television here in England, and Grand Tour was no exception. Anyone can enjoy this film, whether they're a major sci-fi buff or not. As a matter of fact, I didn't figure out until I was pretty far into the movie that it was sci-fi at all! Which is to say--this movie might be the closest representation of what *would* happen if visitors from the future or outer space or somewhere showed up. Hollywood makes no appearance in this film. The story is intelligent, coherent and easy to follow. Every detail is taken care of easily and completely, so the story hangs together marvelously, unlike some sci-fi movies I could name. Everyone acts well and believably. Jeff Daniels proves his worth as a serious actor, and Adriana is one of the cutest and least-annoying child actors I've seen. The character of Oscar adds just the right amount of humour the movie needs. The script avoids cliches, as does the concept. I think the producers should've gone ahead and released Grand Tour theatrically, instead of merely on cable TV. Then maybe a wider audience would've (or could've) seen and enjoyed this fine example of what a good director can do with good actors acting a good script from a good story. What can I say?--the movie's good.

This excellent science fiction is well worth watching. The acting is very good, especially Jeff Daniels, and the story line keeps you interested right from the start. It is a film the family could watch, but it is not Walt Disney style. While this film is not a blockbuster, it rises way above the junky B grade movies. If you do not usually like science fiction flicks, don't be put off since this film does not have any weird effects or monsters.