He's just taking up space!
Director: Stuart Gillard
Producer: Roger Birnbaum, Eric L. Gold
Fred Z. Randall is geeky and obnoxious spacecraft designer, who gets the chance to make his dream come true and travel to Mars as a member of the first manned flight there.
95 min
Rating: 5.2/10
Released
Watch Trailer
Top Cast
Harland Williams
Fred Z. Randall
Jessica Lundy
Julie Ford
William Sadler
Wild Bill Overbeck
Jeffrey DeMunn
Paul Wick
James Pickens Jr.
Ben Stevens
Beau Bridges
Bud Nesbitt
Movie Info
Director: Stuart Gillard
Producer: Roger Birnbaum, Eric L. Gold
Production Companies: Walt Disney Pictures, Caravan Pictures
Countries: United States of America
Similar Movies
Babe: Pig in the City
1998-11-25
Robinson Crusoe on Mars
1964-06-01
The Noah's Ark Principle
1984-02-24
SpaceCamp
1986-06-06
Capricorn One
1977-12-10
Space Chimps
2008-06-25
Terms of Endearment
1983-11-20
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
2002-12-20
Astronaut
2019-07-26
Asteria
2017-02-10
Project X
1987-04-17
Riverworld
2003-03-22
The Midnight Sky
2020-12-10
A Million Days
2023-08-25
Buddy
1997-06-06
I.S.S.
2024-01-19
Final Space
2016-05-04
The Ninth Configuration
1980-02-29
Zathura: A Space Adventure
2005-11-06User Reviews
What Others Said
r96sk:
I, somewhat weirdly, have no negative feelings about <em>'RocketMan'</em>. That's strange because the film is very bad, there is nothing I even marginally liked - and yet, I have no annoyance towards it. Odd.
I think what helps in that regard is the short run time and the fact that I do believe the actors were trying, they were just lumbered with a poor product. Harland Williams plays the role of Fred as well as anyone could have to be honest, while it's nice to see Jeffrey DeMunn - shoutout Dale, <em>'The Walking Dead'</em>.
The way the premise is brought to life is the biggest downside to this. It's cringe, predictable and lamely written. The more serious space ending is OK but doesn't fit the rest of the film's silliness at all. There aren't many, if any, laughs; for me at least. I did kinda rate the references to other films, e.g. <em>'Wizard of Oz'</em> and <em>'Pinocchio'</em>, but that's about it.
A harmless film, one I truly don't even have an ounce of hate for despite how bad it actually is.