Rotten
A piece of blandly enthusiastic, B-movie pulp.
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
The Rocketeer
An Ordinary Man Forced to Become An Extraordinary Hero.
1991 · 1h 48m · PG
Action, Adventure, Family, Science Fiction
Directed by
Joe Johnston
Overview
A stunt pilot comes across a prototype jetpack that gives him the ability to fly. However, evil forces of the world also want this jetpack at any cost.
Director and cast
- Joe Johnston Director
- Billy Campbell as Cliff Secord
- Jennifer Connelly as Jenny Blake
- Alan Arkin as A. 'Peevy' Peabody
- Timothy Dalton as Neville Sinclair
- Paul Sorvino as Eddie Valentine
- Terry O'Quinn as Howard Hughes
- Ed Lauter as Fitch
- Jon Polito as Bigelow
- James Handy as Wooly
- William Sanderson as Skeets
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
67%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The whole thing is good-natured enough, but increasingly mechanical.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Rotten
Neat idea, peachy visuals, but there ain't much else to grip the imagination.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Rotten
Plenty of energy has gone into making this a bustling, visually clever film with an amusing late-1930's stylishness, but the purpose of such effort is uncertain.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Fresh
The film is awash in all kinds of surprises that are too juicy to reveal.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
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