Fresh
A state-of-the-art spaceship flying at the speed of light without narrative coordinates, Buckaroo Banzai is the very oddest good movie in many a full moon.
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Beings from Another Dimension have invaded your world.
1984 · 1h 43m · PG
Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Science Fiction
Directed by
W.D. Richter
Overview
Adventurer/surgeon/rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his band of men, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, take on evil alien invaders from the 8th dimension.
Director and cast
- W.D. Richter Director
- Peter Weller as Buckaroo Banzai
- John Lithgow as Lord John Whorfin
- Ellen Barkin as Penny Priddy
- Jeff Goldblum as New Jersey
- Christopher Lloyd as John Bigboote
- Lewis Smith as Perfect Tommy
- Rosalind Cash as John Emdall
- Robert Ito as Professor Hikita
- Pepe Serna Cast
- Ronald Lacey Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
68%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Richter's comic genre hybrid comes complete with its own mythology, and team of established superheroes, and is curiously appealing.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh
Buckaroo Banzai may well turn out to be a pilot film for other theatrical features, though this one would be hard to top for pure, nutty fun.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Rotten
It violates every rule of storytelling and narrative structure in creating a self-contained world of its own.
Variety
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