While the anatomical special effects are imaginative enough, the manic rather than magical tone fails to achieve the sense of awe that made Fantastic Voyage -- clearly this film's inspiration -- so fascinating.
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06/24/06
Innerspace (1987)
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Reviews Counted:34
Fresh:27
Rotten:7
Average Rating:6.7/10
Consensus: A manic, overstuffed blend of sci-fi, comedy, and romance, Innerspace nonetheless charms, thanks to Martin Short's fine performance and the insistent zaniness of the plot.
Reviews for Innerspace
Top CriticFor all the Amblin technology on display, Dante's greatest effects are humanistic
09/06/09
The plot is standard fantasy-adventure pulp, though director Joe Dante has so many screwball things going on in it that the comedy all but overwhelms the formulaic line of action.
06/08/07
Formulaic fun, helped by two winning leads.
06/08/07
Short has infinitely more possibilities and makes the most of them, coming into his own as a screen personality as a mild-mannered little guy who rises to an extraordinary situation.
06/08/07
Top CriticNo review available.
01/25/07
Though the film plays like a mix of exhilarating adventure and smart comedy, it's deepened by the notion that little Quaid is floating around inside Short's body sinking hooks into things, ripping open veins, triggering stomach acid, and the like.
08/14/06
No review available.
08/08/05
No review available.
07/24/05
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03/25/05
No review available.
03/24/05
A really inventive and truly funny fantasy-comedy.
09/24/04
A funny for all family. A classical 80´s movie.
09/17/04
Director Joe Dante throws in every special effects trick in the book to give some heft to the skimpy script but it doesn’t work.
08/25/04
Aventura de ficção científica que, com o toque amalucado de Joe Dante, vira uma comédia quase besteirol – aliás, em alguns momentos vai até longe demais. No entanto, os efeitos são bacanas, o espírito é de diversão e o filme agrada.
07/25/03
No review available.
06/26/03
It has been made in a style best described as enthusiastic.
05/20/03
Top CriticI loved it at 14 years old. I was mildly amused 14 years later. Make of that what you will.
04/11/03
An underrated comic masterpiece from the talented director Joe Dante.
01/29/03
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