RocketMan (Rocket Man) (1997)
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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 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 mission specialist Julie Ford (Jessica Lundy), and trained chimp Ulysses (Raven). Mission controller Bud Nesbitt (Beau Bridges) backs Fred, but flight-director Paul Wick (Jeffrey DeMunn) has doubts. En route to Mars, Fred's frenetic antics become a threat, but he wins respect with his navigational savvy. Filmed at Houston locations, including the Johnson Space Center, under the working title, Space Cadet. Shelley Duvall is seen in an uncredited cameo as Fred's mother. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
- Directed By
- Stuart Gillard
- 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
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Heather Boerner, Common Sense Media
A so-so sophomoric space comedy.
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Chuck O'Leary, Fantastica Daily
I was stunned by how much I laughed at Harland Williams' juvenile antics in this silly little comedy.
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Clint Morris, Film Threat
blows
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Chris Grunden, Film Journal International
A slickly produced, reasonably funny family film from the company that does it best.
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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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Cast
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Harland Williams
as Fred Z. Randall
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Jessica Lundy
as Julie Ford
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Bill Sadler
as "Wild Bill" Overbeck
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Jeffrey DeMunn
as Paul Wick
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James Pickens Jr.
as Ben Stevens
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Beau Bridges
as Bud Nesbitt
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Peter Onorati
as Gary Hackman
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Blake Boyd
as Gordon A. Peacock
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Brandon Kaplan
as Young Fred
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Raven
as Ulysses