- Film Review
- Reviewed By John Ferguson
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3 out of 5
This is a minor entry in the Joe Dante canon, but an amusing family yarn all the same. A pre-fame Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix team up with Jason Presson as a trio of kids who build their own spacecraft and set off on the adventure of a lifetime. The youngsters are uniformly excellent, Mary Kay Place and Dante regular Dick Miller stand out among the grown-ups, and the tone is refreshingly unpatronising and unsentimental. Kids will love it, while adults will enjoy spotting the in-jokes that Dante could not resist including.
Plot Summary
Science-fiction adventure starring Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix. Ben Crandall teams up with his friend and computer whizz Wolfgang to put his dreams of space flight into practice.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Ben Crandall
- Ethan Hawke
- Wolfgang Müller
- River Phoenix
- Darren Woods
- Jason Presson
- Lori Swenson
- Amanda Peterson
- Charlie Drake
- Dick Miller
- Mr Müller
- James Cromwell
- Mrs Müller
- Dana Ivey
- Neek
- Leslie Rickert
- Mrs Crandall
- Mary Kay Place
Crew
- Director
- Joe Dante
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