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Time Bomb Y2K
Directed by
Marley McDonald
and
Brian Becker
PG
2023
81m
Documentary
6.2
80%
32%
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An immersive, all-archival retelling of the "Y2K" millennium bug and the mass hysteria that changed the fabric of modern society.
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Cast of Time Bomb Y2K
Peter de Jager
Self (archive footage)
John Koskinen
Self (archive footage)
Jeff Bezos
Self (archive footage)
Steve Jobs
Self (archive footage)
Bill Gates
Self (archive footage)
Busta Rhymes
Self (archive footage)
Matt Damon
Self (archive footage)
Leonard Nimoy
Self (archive voice)
Bill Clinton
Self (archive footage)
Grace Hopper
Self (archive footage)
Time Bomb Y2K Ratings & Reviews
Rolling Stone
Chris Vognar
Time Bomb Y2K works mostly because it keeps a straight face, acknowledging that, even if a lot of the hysteria seems silly now, the anxiety was quite real back then.
CNN.com
Brian Lowry
"Time Bomb" makes a persuasive case that in a media culture where the squeakiest wheels get the grease, there seemed to be little caution about platforming those crying wolf in the most provocative terms, and no real penalty for being conspicuously wrong.
The SS Ben Hecht
Stephen Silver
Masterfully uses archival footage to revisit the lead-up to new years' eve in 1999- various aspects of which prefigured the millennium to come
NYC Movie Guru
Avi Offer
Mildly engaging and well-edited, but ultimately underwhelming and shallow
Boston Hassle
Oscar Goff
Time Bomb perfectly captures the cocktail of looming dread and nervous optimism that was the order of the day at the turn of the millennium- and picks up on a few harbingers of how things got this bad.
In Review Online
Daniel Gorman
Ultimately, Time Bomb Y2K can't quite overcome the sense that it's merely a nostalgia piece; people too young to remember or not yet born will only get a partial understanding of what 1999 was actually like.
Culture Mix
Carla Hay
Time Capsule Y2K is a more accurate title for this all-archival documentary that looks back at the fears and preparations for computer operations transitioning to the year 2000. It's not a bad movie, but it could've been better with hindsight interviews.
Loud and Clear Reviews
Aaron Murray
What's fascinating about Time Bomb Y2K is the optimistic naivety many people show as the world approaches the 2000s.
Book & Film Globe
William Schwartz
Time Bomb Y2K is very careful not to editorialize. But it's difficult to watch Time Bomb Y2K and not make some very obvious takeaways about the crises of yesteryear and the crises of today.
The Film Stage
Edward Frumkin
McDonald and Maya Mumma's editing parses this pandemonium's ridiculous yet reasonably suspenseful, satirical, poignant sentiments gleaned from news media and fictional programs into a nostalgic study of searching for solace amidst unrest.
Sunshine State Cineplex
Alan French
There are formidable challenges ahead for America and the global community. As a document of American Cultural Studies, Time Bomb Y2K delivers the goods.
FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
Manuel Betancourt
A media study as a way of how we tried to think of the new millennium.
FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
Charles Solomon
You know nothing happened, so it becomes kind of like documenting those periodic fundamentalist revivals where they announced that the world would end at such-and-such time... It's like trying to build up suspense when you know there's no murder.
Decider
John Serba
There are times when Time Bomb Y2K feels a little gimmicky, but more often than not, it shows us what viewing the world through the lens of the media was like, pre-9/11.
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