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Flight of the Navigator (1986)

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The year is 1978: 12-year-old David Freeman (Joey Cramer), playing in the woods near his home, is knocked unconscious. He awakens and heads home, only to find strangers living there. He also finds that the year is 1986, and that he's been officially missing for eight years. NASA officials determine that David was abducted by aliens during his blackout, and hope to scan the boy's brain in order to unlock a few secrets of the universe. Answering the call of a strange, unseen force, David boards a

Jun 1, 2004

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An exciting time travel adventure.

January 2, 2011 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comment
Common Sense Media

Innocuously entertaining...

November 25, 2010 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | Comment
Reel Film Reviews

Weirdly entertaining kiddie space adventure.

April 17, 2005 Comment
eFilmCritic.com

Pee-wee Herman voices the main robot. If that ain't enough said, you're hopeless.

September 7, 2004 Comment
New Times
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Audience Reviews for Flight of the Navigator

Always loved this Disney flick, great effects and adventurous plot that is kinda 'Back to the Future' mixed with 'Explorers' purely for kids with an extraterrestrial twist. The effects were fantastic for the time and it was the first film to use environment mapping, the CG was some of the first used in motion pictures

February 10, 2009
phubbs1

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This lively alien-fantasy-action film is exciting without relying on agression. The extra-terrestrial creatures are bad Muppet imitations, although that alien with a cold is a gem.As a NASA intern, Sarah Jessica Parker looks the same as she does now.

March 5, 2007
deano
Dean McKenna

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    1. Max: I crashed into electrical towers and my star charts were erased. I need the ones in your head to complete my mission.
    2. David Freeman: So you need ME and my INFERIOR brain to fly that thing?
    3. Max: Correction, I need the SUPERIOR information in your INFERIOR brain to fly this... thing.
    – Submitted by Adrian G (3 months ago)

Latest News for Flight of the Navigator

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September 4, 2008:
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