Rotten
Blast From the Past saves its best for first.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Blast from the Past
She'd never met anyone like him. He's never met anyone... Period.
1999 · 1h 52m · PG-13
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Hugh Wilson
Overview
Following a bomb scare in the 1960s that locked the Webers into their bomb shelter for 35 years, Adam now ventures forth into Los Angeles to obtain food and supplies for his family, and a non-mutant wife for himself.
Director and cast
- Hugh Wilson Director
- Brendan Fraser as Adam Webber
- Alicia Silverstone as Eve Rustikoff
- Christopher Walken as Calvin Webber
- Sissy Spacek as Helen Thomas Webber
- Nathan Fillion as Cliff
- Dave Foley as Troy
- Joey Slotnick as Soda Jerk
- Mary Ann Hermansen as Heather
- Deborah Kellner as Miss Sweet
- Don Yesso as Jerry
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
58%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Fraser is the sweet, goofy engine that drives this movie. The script doesn't do enough with his reactions to a world that bears little relation to the Cold War planet Adam has been told about, but Fraser still manages to suggest volumes.
John Hartl, Seattle Times
Rotten
Garish and not funny enough, Wilson's shapeless satire plods on, squandering its nice premise and its appealing actors. Miraculously, Fraser has a force field around him and manages to radiate energy in this comic black hole.
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer
Fresh
Thanks to a clever script, tight direction, a first-rate cast and the dynamite combination of Brendan Fraser and Alicia Silverstone, Blast from the Past blows away the recent crop of romantic comedies.
Jonathan Foreman, New York Post
Rotten
That's a relatively clever set-up for what's become a familiar genre: the time-displacement comedy, in which we get a kick out of viewing our era through another era's eyes. But this movie's eyes, Adam's, are awfully twinkly and not too focused.
Mark Caro, Chicago Tribune
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