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Title: Time Travel? Ho Hum...
Review: "Timeline" is an uneasy mixture of "Jurassic Park" (without the dinosaurs) and "The Princess Bride" (without the laughs). Once again, super-secret cutting edge technology puts a non-descript (i.e. dull) group of scientists in mortal jeapordy. Can they escape the snarling knights and return to the 20th century before time runs out? Does anyone really care? For all the dangers that the 14th century apparently presented, Crichton is simply not a good enough writer to maintain any suspense whatsoever. His "action" scenes read like outlines for a proposed screenplay. And because the characters are such ciphers, our emotions are never invested in what happens to them. Don't waste your time.
