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RocketMan (Rocket Man) (1997)

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Average Rating: 3.9/10
Reviews Counted: 17
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 13

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Average Rating: 5.3/10
Critic Reviews: 6
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 4

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Movie Info

During training, a member of the first manned mission to Mars is injured, and NASA chooses a replacement, spaced-out spacecraft designer Fred Z. Randall (Canadian stand-up comic Harland Williams), to team with cocky crew captain William "Wild Bill" Overbeck (William Sadler), efficient mission specialist Julie Ford (Jessica Lundy), and trained chimp Ulysses (Raven). Mission controller Bud Nesbitt (Beau Bridges) backs Fred, but flight-director Paul Wick (Jeffrey DeMunn) has doubts. En route to

PG, 1 hr. 34 min.

Drama, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy

Directed By: Stuart Gillard

Written By: Craig Mazin, Greg Erb, Oren Aviv

In Theaters: Oct 10, 1997 Wide

On DVD: Apr 17, 2007

Cast

Harland Williams
Fred Z. Randall
Jessica Lundy
Julie Ford
Bill Sadler
"Wild Bill" Overbeck
Jeffrey DeMunn
Paul Wick
James Pickens Jr.
Ben Stevens
Beau Bridges
Bud Nesbitt
Peter Onorati
Gary Hackman
Blake Boyd
Gordon A. Peacock
Brandon Kaplan
Young Fred
Raven
Ulysses

Critic Reviews for RocketMan (Rocket Man)

All Critics (31) | Top Critics (13) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (13)

A so-so sophomoric space comedy.

December 18, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Heather Boerner

Common Sense Media

I was stunned by how much I laughed at Harland Williams' juvenile antics in this silly little comedy.

October 9, 2005 Comment (1)

Chuck O'Leary

Fantastica Daily

blows

March 11, 2005 Comment

Clint Morris

Film Threat

could prove to be a real side-splitter for little boys under the age of 12 or for their bigger brothers, provided they have a blood-alcohol level of .12. No doubt the screenwriters used their best crayons to scribble down this yarn...

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Kalamazoo Gazette

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James Sanford

Kalamazoo Gazette

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Easily forgettable.

December 24, 2007

Tim Salmons

Super Reviewer

The main actor annoys me here. He plays the childish buffoon without any likability. Instead he just angers with his constant twattishness. At some point this irritating behaviour was adopted for protagonists of family films. It makes slapstick easy, but enjoyment difficult. It was bearable as some moments were

October 23, 2009