Reaches for the skies but runs out of fuel.
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01/01/00
The Rocketeer (1991)
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Reviews Counted:48
Fresh:30
Rotten:18
Average Rating:5.9/10
Consensus: An action-packed, if anachronistic, look back at pulp matinee serials, The Rocketeer may ring hollow with viewers expecting more than simple fun and gee-whiz special effects.
Runtime: 1 hr 49 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: In the tense atmosphere preceding World War II, millionaire Howard Hughes develops the invention of the century: a high-powered mini jet-pack. Nazi agents steal a prototype of the device, but lose... [More]
Starring: Bill Campbell, Alan Arkin, Jennifer Connelly, Paul Sorvino
Director: Joe Johnston
Reviews for The Rocketeer
Top CriticNeat idea, peachy visuals, but there ain't much else to grip the imagination.
06/24/06
Top CriticYou have to dial down, to return to an age of innocence when an eccentric inventor and a clear-eyed hero could take on the bad guys with a new gizmo they'd dreamed up overnight.
01/01/00
Top CriticThis $40 million adventure fantasy puts a shiny polish on familiar elements: airborne hero, damsel in distress, Nazi villains, 1930s Hollywood glamor, and dazzling special effects.
04/18/07
Top CriticThe result is a movie that looks nice and moves along efficiently, but offers little reason for anyone to watch.
04/18/07
Top CriticAn overlooked classic that is alive with the heroics and nostalgia of big-studio era Hollywood.
12/19/03
A fun outing, harkening back to the old serial days. Dalton is appropriately hammy as the Errol Flynn-type villain.
11/03/02
lives and breathes with the spirit of the old adventure pulp comics or Saturday matinee serials. Its charms will probably be lost on most of this jaded generation
03/19/03
No review available.
12/12/03
.. has its exciting and amusing moments, but on the whole is a disappointment.
01/01/00
The clever use of historical figures like Howard Hughes and W.C. Fields is really the film's only highlight.
02/06/03
No review available.
10/09/05
No review available.
11/06/05
Truer to the old school Saturday matinee spirit than any modern film this side of Indiana Jones
09/10/05
No review available.
08/20/05
No review available.
10/12/04
Wonderful comic book movie.
07/06/03
No review available.
01/07/04
It's a humble little item, actually, easily digested and easily forgotten.
01/01/00
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