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Rocketman (1997)

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Reviews Counted:14

Fresh:4

Rotten:10

Average Rating:3.9/10

Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: The space program suffers a major setback in the form of bungling aeronautics engineer Fred Z. Randall, who, despite his conceptual smarts, can't quite hack it as an astronaut because of his... The space program suffers a major setback in the form of bungling aeronautics engineer Fred Z. Randall, who, despite his conceptual smarts, can't quite hack it as an astronaut because of his clumsiness. But when the first manned mission to Mars is short a man, Fred springs into action, much to dismay of his chagrined fellow crew members, who endure Fred's interplanetary flatulence and sock puppet plays. [More]

Starring: Harland Williams, Jessica Lundy, William Sadler, Jeffrey DeMunn

Starring: Harland Williams, Jessica Lundy, William Sadler, Jeffrey DeMunn, James Pickens, Beau Bridges, Peter Onorati, Don Lake, William Arthur Jenkins, Ken Farmer, Blake Boyd, Brandon Kaplan, Paxton Whitehead, Don Armstrong, Pamela West, Marjorie Carroll, Claire Birnbaum, Sean Tweedley, Cindy Hogan, Felicia Griffin, Lidia Porto, Richard Dillard, Gil Glasgow, Raven, Anderson Moore

Director: Stuart Gillard

Director: Stuart Gillard
Story: Craig Mazin, Greg Erb
Screenwriter: Craig Mazin, Greg Erb, Oren Aviv
Producer: Roger Birnbaum, Steven Poster
Composer: Michael Tavera

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  • Rocketman
  • Blast off for outrageously funny space travel in this screwball comedy that spins wildly out of control all the way to Mars! Though he's a wiz with computers, accident-prone astro-nut Fred Randall (comedian Harland Williams -- DUMB AND DUMBER) is the last guy on Earth you'd want on the first manned mission to Mars. But as bad luck and poor timing would have it, that's exactly what happens, and Fred undergoes rigorous, if not hilarious, training at NASA. After that it's t-minus a reality check as Fred blasts off with the rest of the space shuttle crew: a cocky, no-nonsense commander, a sexy mission specialist, and a mischievous space chimp named Ulysses. From the dizzying preflight foolishness to the even loonier landing, ROCKETMAN is the out-of-this-world hit comedy that's more than go for launch ... it's go for laughs!
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    I was stunned by how much I laughed at Harland Williams' juvenile antics in this silly little comedy.

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    A slickly produced, reasonably funny family film from the company that does it best.

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    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...

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