RocketMan (1997)

Such a frustrating disappointment

Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Fred Z. Randall is a geeky spacecraft designer, who gets the chance to make his dream come true. Travel to Mars as a member of the first manned flight there....Liking this film really depends on whether or not you like the main star, Harland Williams. Here in the UK, he's only really famous for his scene in Dumb and Dumber, and everything else he's done non-Farrelly, has gone straight to DVD and disappeared without a trace.What appealed to me about this movie, and you will know where I am coming from if you've read my other reviews, is that its one of those films from the late nineties that were rife and were released almost every other week.Comedies that shouldn't be good, but for some reason, you seem to have some endearment for them.Carpool, Gone Fishin', Most Wanted, the list is endless, and the films are as watchable as ever.It's a straight forward movie, silly geek gets a job that is over his head, every one hates him and takes liberties to begin with, but come the end, he's the hero and he falls in love.It's straight forward silly stuff, with a few laughs that you can switch your brain off to for ninety or so minutes.If you haven't seen it and like this sort of movies, catch it, its quite funny

Rocketman is amazingly funny - a top favorite comedy of mine, especially in the underrated category. I put two other movies along side this one in this category - Down Periscope, with Kelsey Grammar and, once again, Harland Williams, and Bushwacked with Daniel Stern (City Slickers). These 3 movies are simply hilarious and are excellent selections to play for others, since they probably haven't seen them, and they're perfect for playing when families are over, because the kids and the adults all enjoy them.Harland Williams is a phenomenal actor and is a perfect fit for his role in this movie - his only starring role in a movie, I believe. It's such a shame that he hasn't starred in more movies and that he's been in so many duds. It seems like he has become a solid bit-part actor, which is such a waste of his talent. He was excellent in Down Periscope, where he made sounds like a whale. His facial expressions and ability to make odd sounds are simply amazing.Rocketman has a superb cast and many memorable parts and lines. I especially like the opening segment where Kelsey Grammar is teeing off, and the fart segment, which I know is the tried and true crude humor attempt, but it just works - even better than the famous fart segment of The Nutty Professor! The love story is very nice and the "Wish Upon a Star" song is a real Disney moment. This is an excellent family Great film!

I'm in the minority on this, but I really disliked this film.I generally like to watch Harland Williams. Typically, he's a fine straight man, but sometimes, his dry wit shows through. In Rocketman, however, he has allowed himself to be reduced to sophomoric antics worthy of any SNL reject (and I say that with all due respect) and appears to belong in a Rob Schneider movie.Quite frankly, this was too painful to watch. The character wasn't funny. He was pathetically moronic...sad...not funny. This has been heralded as awesome, and hilarious, but neither is this funny, nor is it awe inspiring. It's just stupid, with no redeeming qualities whatsoever.I was not entertained, nor was I amused with this film.It rates a a 1.2/10 from...the Fiend :.

Harland Williams is great. He has a brand of weird, off the wall humor that is strictly his own, which is a good thing. This movie is really the only "Harland Williams vehicle" I know of and I think its pretty durn funny. Its extremely stupid, but it reminds me of the 80s, when PG rated zany comedies were a common thing. This would be a great movie for kids, and as a 27 year old, I think its pretty funny even for adults. The story is basically very simple and quite dumb, but Williams bizarre antics keep it interesting and funny. When a movie spends about 10 minutes on a fart joke, you know you're dealing with some juvenile entertainment. So, just enjoy it.