Young history buff Kevin can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. Former employees of the Supreme Being, they've purloined a map charting all of the holes in the fabric of time and are using it to steal treasures from different historical eras. Taking Kevin with them, they variously drop in on Napoleon, Robin Hood and King Agamemnon before the Supreme Being catches up with them.
Time Bandits has generally received positive reviews.
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Time Bandits was released in 1981 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 610 reviews, giving Time Bandits (1981) an average rating of 72%.
Overall, film critics marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 83%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 77%.
With a score of 72%, Time Bandits is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1981, which stands at 60%.
Other movies from 1981 with similar scores include films like Quest for Fire and Dial M for Murder.
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