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.
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.
Runtime: 2 hrs 1 min
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Dennis Quaid stars as Lieutenant Tuck Pendleton, a hell-raising Navy test pilot, in this fantasy-suspense comedy that harkens back to 1966's FANTASTIC VOYAGE. Tuck Pendleton volunteers to be... Dennis Quaid stars as Lieutenant Tuck Pendleton, a hell-raising Navy test pilot, in this fantasy-suspense comedy that harkens back to 1966's FANTASTIC VOYAGE. Tuck Pendleton volunteers to be miniaturized in a scientific experiment and fly a capsule injected into a rabbit's bloodstream for top-secret medical research. But after he has been shrunk, some unscrupulous scientists, desirous of selling the miniaturizing process on the black market, break into the lab. In the ensuing chase, Tuck is accidentally injected into the body of unsuspecting grocery clerk Jack Putter (Martin Short). Meanwhile, the villains are in hot pursuit of timid Jack in order to get hold of a missing computer chip that was miniaturized along with Tuck, while Tuck must figure out a way to expel himself from Jack's body and get back to his normal size. Mayhem ensues as Jack, a nervous hypochondriac, is forced to recognize the strange presence in his head and bravely join forces with Tuck and his estranged girlfriend (Meg Ryan) to outsmart and outchase the high-tech thieves. Featuring stunning special effects and visuals from inside the human body as well as a genius and madcap performance from Martin Short at his acrobatic and wild best. [More]
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Martin Short, Meg Ryan, Kevin McCarthy
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Martin Short, Meg Ryan, Kevin McCarthy, Wendy Schaal, Fiona Lewis, Vernon Wells, Robert Picardo, Henry Gibson
Director: Joe Dante
Director: Joe Dante
Producer: Jon Peters, Kathleen Kennedy
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
Reviews for Innerspace
Innerspace is significant for one thing -- the establishment of Martin Short as the funniest new kid on the Hollywood block. Too bad that's not enough for the sensation-a-second makers of Innerspace.
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.
I loved it at 14 years old. I was mildly amused 14 years later. Make of that what you will.
[Innerspace] is pure entertainment, with plenty of gags and cameos that demand repeat viewings.
For all the Amblin technology on display, Dante's greatest effects are humanistic
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