RocketMan

RocketMan

Comedy • Family • Science Fiction

52%

RocketMan

RocketMan

PG

10/10/19971h 35m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ He's just taking up space! ~

Overview:

An accident-prone and obnoxious geek joins a NASA space mission to Mars. During the flight, he manages to put himself and the entire crew in jeopardy, but is in danger of emerging as a hero when his new colleagues need him to save them from the unforgiving surface of the red planet.

Director:

Stuart Gillard

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$16,000,000.00

Revenue:

$15,448,043.00

Key words:

astronaut
chimpanzee

Cast

Harland Williams

Harland Williams

~ as ~

Fred Z. Randall

Jessica Lundy

Jessica Lundy

~ as ~

Julie Ford

William Sadler

William Sadler

~ as ~

Wild Bill Overbeck

Jeffrey DeMunn

Jeffrey DeMunn

~ as ~

Paul Wick

James Pickens Jr.

James Pickens Jr.

~ as ~

Ben Stevens

Beau Bridges

Beau Bridges

~ as ~

Bud Nesbitt

Peter Onorati

Peter Onorati

~ as ~

Gary Hackman

Don Lake

Don Lake

~ as ~

Le Chirurgien du Vol

Bill Jenkins

Bill Jenkins

~ as ~

Mission Controller

Ken Farmer

Ken Farmer

~ as ~

Mission Controller

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Reviews (1)

r96sk
Written 4 year(s) ago
5

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I, somewhat weirdly, have no negative feelings about 'RocketMan'. That's strange because the film is very bad, there is nothing I even marginally liked - and yet, I have no annoyance towards it. Odd.

I think what helps in that regard is the short run time and the fact that I do believe the actors were trying, they were just lumbered with a poor product. Harland Williams plays the role of Fred as well as anyone could have to be honest, while it's nice to see Jeffrey DeMunn - shoutout Dale, 'The Walking Dead'.

The way the premise is brought to life is the biggest downside to this. It's cringe, predictable and lamely written. The more serious space ending is OK but doesn't fit the rest of the film's silliness at all. There aren't many, if any, laughs; for me at least. I did kinda rate the references to other films, e.g. 'Wizard of Oz' and 'Pinocchio', but that's about it.

A harmless film, one I truly don't even have an ounce of hate for despite how bad it actually is.