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Coasting on the successes ofGods and MonstersandGeorge of the Jungle, Brendan Fraser turns in yet another winning performance in this fish-out-of-water comedy in which Pleasantville meets modern-day Los Angeles, with predictably funny results. Fraser stars as Adam, who was born in the bomb shelter of his paranoid inventor dad (a less-manic-than-usual Christopher Walken), who spirited his pregnant wife (Sissy Spacek, in fine comic form) underground when he thought the Communists dropped the bomb (actually, it was a plane crash). Armed with enough supplies to last 35 years, the parents bring up Adam inLeave It to Beaverstyle with nary any exposure to the outside world. When the supplies run out, and dad suffers a heart attack, Fraser goes up to modern-day L.A. for some shopping and long-awaited culture shock. More of a cute premise with lots of clever ideas attached than a fully fleshed out story,Blast from the Pastis also supposed to be part romantic comedy, as the hunky Adam hooks up with his jaded Eve (Alicia Silverstone) and tries to convince her to marry him and go underground. The sparks don't fly, though, because Silverstone is saddled with the triple whammy of being miscast, playing an underwritten character, and suffering a very bad hairdo. Fraser, however, carries the film lightly and easily on his broad, goofy shoulders, mixing Adam's gee-whiz innocence with genuine emotion and curiosity; only Fraser could pull off Adam's first glimpse of a sunrise or the ocean with both humor and pathos. Also winning is Dave Foley as Silverstone's gay best friend, who manages to make the most innocuous statements sound like comic gems.--Mark Englehart
Add it to you Top Ten Movie List It's already one of my top ten all -time favorite movies - great story with lots of humor. Fun to watch over and over. Amazon.com made it easy to get and at a great price.
Couldn't stop laughing I had caught only a part of this movie on TV and just had to buy it. I grew up in the era of the cold war and Kennedy-Cuba. I loved it from the beginning to the end.Super Charming Performances Save this from Being Sappy! Cute enough premise for a fun, romantic comedy. What saves it from being sappy and somehow elevates it above the level of "mediocre" are the earnest and exceedingly charming performances of Brenden Fraser in the leading role and supporting turns by Spacek and Walken as his parents.
While the DVD offers nothing noteworthy (a compilation of some 1960s news footage or kitschy adverts might have been fun), this is a sweet movie that is fun to watch. Fraser does an excellent job as the boy/man Adam. Even in underwritten roles, Alicia Silverstone and Dave Foley have some genuinely appealing moments.
