(Brendan) Fraser is the only thing that kept me around, but good manners and naïve charm will only take a film so far.
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Blast From the Past (1999)
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Reviews Counted:34
Fresh:20
Rotten:14
Average Rating:6.1/10
Consensus: Cute idea, but not consistently funny.
Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Adam Webber (Fraser) was raised in a bomb shelter by his kooky parents (Walken and Spacek). Thirty-five years later, he enters the real world, where he meets Eve (Silverstone), an LA woman who... [More]
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Alicia Silverstone, Christopher Walken, Sissy Spacek
Director: Hugh Wilson
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Fraser and Silverstone also have a sweet, unforced romantic rapport, but it's not enough to overcome the thudding weight of the premise.
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Blast From The Past isn't a bad film, but it could have been much better if it had explored the relationships better.
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...entertains without pretensions.
01/07/05
Blast from the Past is actually better executed than it was written.
07/12/01
A sunny, good-natured romantic comedy that is as light as air, but almost always charming.
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Quite a stylish, sophisticated and sweetly satirical comedy
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A comedy with charm, but it won't lose anything on the small screen.
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