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09/04/03
The Rocketeer (1991)
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Reviews Counted:48
Fresh:30
Rotten:18
Average Rating:5.9/10
Consensus: An action-packed, if anachronistic, look back at pulp matinee serials, The Rocketeer may ring hollow with viewers expecting more than simple fun and gee-whiz special effects.
Runtime: 1 hr 49 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: In the tense atmosphere preceding World War II, millionaire Howard Hughes develops the invention of the century: a high-powered mini jet-pack. Nazi agents steal a prototype of the device, but lose... [More]
Starring: Bill Campbell, Alan Arkin, Jennifer Connelly, Paul Sorvino
Director: Joe Johnston
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Reviews for The Rocketeer
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05/19/03
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02/05/04
Such an idealized time never really existed, to be sure, but once in a while it's nice to think it might have.
01/01/00
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10/12/04
The whole thing is good-natured enough, but increasingly mechanical.
04/18/07
Top CriticYou have to dial down, to return to an age of innocence when an eccentric inventor and a clear-eyed hero could take on the bad guys with a new gizmo they'd dreamed up overnight.
01/01/00
Top CriticNo review available.
02/18/05
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02/05/03
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11/06/05
.. has its exciting and amusing moments, but on the whole is a disappointment.
01/01/00
lives and breathes with the spirit of the old adventure pulp comics or Saturday matinee serials. Its charms will probably be lost on most of this jaded generation
03/19/03
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07/26/02
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08/20/05
Reaches for the skies but runs out of fuel.
01/01/00
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10/09/05
The clever use of historical figures like Howard Hughes and W.C. Fields is really the film's only highlight.
02/06/03
An old-fashioned but fairly inspired comic book roller coaster. Great fun, though a tad too ernest for its own good.
12/04/02
The Rocka-who?
02/18/03
One of the most faithful visual adaptations of a comic series every put to film, The Rocketeer failed to find it's deserved audience but is worth the rental or purchase.
08/08/02
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