Joey Cramer, Paul Reubens, Veronica Cartwright

In 1978, a boy is moved 8 years into the future and has an adventure with the alien ship that is responsible for that.

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PG, 1 hr. 30 min.

Directed by: Randal Kleiser

Release Date: July 30, 1986

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DVD Release Date: June 1, 2004

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  • September 21, 2009
    A classic and quite typical 80's child abduction/Alien/talking robot/conspiracy/thriller/family adventure film.
  • February 10, 2009
    Always loved this Disney flick, great effects and adventure plot that is very much in a Back to the Future style for young kids. I loved the aliens in the ship and how a boy is the only person who can control the ship and work it out.....before the adults at the NASA base could.....( read more)..always cool when kids outwit the adults hehe
    As said the effects were always the star attraction with this film, they were really impressive for the time and for a Disney film. The ship looked way cool, the hydraulic arm alien thing inside was cool, the other aliens were all decent muppet style creatures and the flight effects were also really decent for the day, dated now sure but still nice.
    The only thing I never liked was Paul Reubens voice as the alien later on in the film, that spoilt the sensible plot and made it stupid as he used his annoying Pee Wee Herman thing :( lame.
    But SJP made up for it being very very cute and one of my first kid crushes haha
  • July 31, 2008
    Man I forgot how cute this was. Been a very very very long time since I've seen this movie. Totally still rocks and I believe it's actually very timeless. I saw this when I was a teen and my daughter is the same age now. Funny how Disney always manages to keep making these amazin...( read more)g movies.
  • June 11, 2008
    I still have deja vu about this movie. I don't know how or when I saw it, but I've seen it. And I remember it being good.
  • May 23, 2008
    This was a good movie when I was a kid. MY kids will probably love it.
  • November 20, 2009
    I really liked this film as a child.
  • November 18, 2009
    Such a rip-off of ET. It's like, make the kid disabled and no one will notice. The only rewarding thing about this movie is when the wheelchair kid rolls down a hill and goes off a cliff. Comic genius.
  • November 17, 2009
    Esta movie me encanto. Me gustarķa conseguirla en DVD.
  • October 29, 2009
    i love this movie when i was a kid...:)
  • October 16, 2009
    Fantastic 80's classic... Great fun from start to finish, I loved it as a kid and love it even more now.
    Who doesn't want a puckmarin?
    Compliance!

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  • f00lsg0ld
    April 2, 2007
    Just watched the trailer and I noticed they changed the voice of the alien eye thing. Anyone know why?

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