RocketMan (Rocket Man)

RocketMan (Rocket Man) (1997)

  • 24% of critics liked it
    (17 reviews)

  • 67% of users liked it
    (27,657 ratings)

During training, a member of the first manned mission to Mars is injured, and NASA chooses a replacement, spaced-out spacecraft designer Fred Z. Randall (Canadian stand-up comic Harland Williams), to team with cocky crew captain William "Wild Bill" Overbeck (William Sadler), efficient… More

PG,
Directed By
Written By
Craig Mazin, Greg Erb, Oren Aviv
Genres
Drama, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy
In Theaters
Oct 10, 1997 Wide
On DVD
Apr 17, 2007

Critic Reviews

  • Heather Boerner, Common Sense Media

    A so-so sophomoric space comedy.

  • Chuck O'Leary, Fantastica Daily

    I was stunned by how much I laughed at Harland Williams' juvenile antics in this silly little comedy.

  • Clint Morris, Film Threat

    blows

  • Chris Grunden, Film Journal International

    A slickly produced, reasonably funny family film from the company that does it best.

  • James Sanford, Kalamazoo Gazette

    could prove to be a real side-splitter for little boys under the age of 12 or for their bigger brothers, provided they have a blood-alcohol level of .12. No doubt the screenwriters used their best crayons to scribble down this yarn...

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Jeff "


    Rocketman is a horrible comedy with a bad cast. I've never liked Harland Williams, I find him to be quite one dimensional. This an awful film that has nothing whatsoever going for it. The comedy falls flat, and in the end there's nothing good about this. The film fails to… More

  • Tim S


    Easily forgettable.

  • Luke B


    The main actor annoys me here. He plays the childish buffoon without any likability. Instead he just angers with his constant twattishness. At some point this irritating behaviour was adopted for protagonists of family films. It makes slapstick easy, but enjoyment difficult. It was… More

  • Curtis L


    A guy farts in his suit, and says lots of annoying things.

  • JY S


    Warning: Do not take this movie seriously. If you keep this in mind, this will be one of the greatest comedies to come out of Disney's hands.<p>The story is unbelievably stupid, but for a movie like this it does wonders. It also allows for the great comedic elements to… More

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