SummaryA United States Navy destroyer escort participates in a Navy invisibility experiment that inadvertently sends two sailors forty years into the future.
Directed By:Stewart Raffill
The Philadelphia Experiment
Metascore
Mixed or Average
44
User score
Generally Favorable
6.1
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
44
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86% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
14% Negative
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1 Review
60
The philadelphia Experiment had a lot of script problems in its development that haven't been solved yet, but final result is an adequate sci-fi yarn.
60
A time-travel yarn of the past arrives in the present persuasion. The 'what the hell's happened?' passages are, as usual, more diverting than the 'what the hell can we do about it?' scenes, the latter involving merely flashing lights, showers of sparks and talk of imploding vortexes.
60
It's a pleasant but fairly standard movie about a subject that's anything but.
50
The Philadelphia Experiment offers the basis of a good sci-fi thriller, but it's top heavy and never makes it off the ground. If the movie had dealt more with reality and real human reactions to bizarre situations, it would have offered a good screen scare. [28 Aug 1984]
50
Fascinating but thoroughly unbelievable.
40
In the hands of a less amateurish director, The Philadelphia Experiment, now at area theaters, might have emerged as an ingratiating sleeper. [09 Aug 1984, p.D6]
25
It was pretty interesting a couple of years ago, too, when a variation of it was the premise for The Final Countdown. The big difference is that the earler film wasn't bad, and this one is. [03 Aug 1984, p.C9]
User score
Generally Favorable
6.1
33% Positive
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1 Rating
Jan 9, 2022
6
The Philadelphia Experiment is not a bad film on a common conspiracy legend. The participation of John Carpenter is felt in the film. The film itself is mostly passing, there is no outstanding script here, it sometimes even contradicts logic, not a strong cast. Even the topic with time processions is not fully disclosed. Movie to watch for 1 time, no more.
Production Company:
- New World Pictures
- Cinema Group Ventures
- New Pictures Group
Release Date:Aug 3, 1984
Duration:1 h 42 m
Rating:PG
Tagline:Will you survive?
Awards
Fantafestival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 1 Nomination
Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
