Blast From The Past [DVD]

Love this movie

An interesting look at life. Today is no better. Take a look at your bible... 2 Timothy 3:1-5 foretold it.

This film is one of those that you just want to watch again.The naivety of Brendan's character is just so sweet!

Blast from the Past is directed by Hugh Wilson who also co-writes the screenplay with Bill Kelly. It stars Brendan Fraser, Alicia Silverstone, Christopher Walken, Sissy Spacek and Dave Foley. Music is by Steve Dorff and cinematography by Jose Luis Alcaine. Plot has Fraser as a 35 year old man who after being raised by his parents in a nuclear fallout shelter, surfaces to sample American life in the 1990s.A different spin on the fish-out-of-water premise, Blast from the Past in a gentle romantic comedy that although light and breezy, does show how society has vastly changed over a three and half decade period, happily tinting the edges with satire as the central couple, Fraser and Silverstone, yes they be called Adam and Eve, engage in way that perfectly befits the airy nature of the story. They make for a perfect "opposites attract" couple, he is all about 50s and 60s values such as good manners and positivity, she is street smart, cynical and knowingly trampish. It makes for good honest fun, as they inevitably get into strange situations because no one is quite sure how to take Adam. As he ambles along devoid of fear and loving the first sightings of things that many take for granted (the sky, the sea etc), it has a charm factor that is hard to dismiss.But the Adam and Eve coupling, and the presence of Eve's gay roommate (Foley excellent), only brings smiles instead of laughs, the bulk of the chuckles come from Walken and Spacek as Adam's nuclear age parents down in the shelter. He is an eccentric scientist, seemingly happy to forever stay in the magnificent shelter he built, she is apple pie homely but starting to get stir crazy and hitting the cooking sherry by way of coping! Once Adam goes above ground (after half hour of smart character build up in the shelter), and the film then focuses on the Adam and Eve axis, you may find yourself hankering after a bit more of Walken and Spacek, both of whom give performances to savour. The film has no great surprises, and we sure as heck fire know where it's going, but the journey engages without clamouring for sentiment and the on form cast hold the attention throughout. 7/10

My review may be somewhat biased since I loved the film when I was young and the main character, Adam, is so relatable to me. Adam himself is bright as a button, but somewhat naïve, he lacks experience of an everyday ordinary life due to a childhood he was not to blame for. Here we witness him making up for 30 lost years, a life sentence locked away at home. He's truly heroic to get through the day with nothing but a smile on his face.This may be relatable to anybody who lacked an everyday childhood and is now making up for lost time, for their true Blast that was their Past. I think it's certainly worth of 6 stars out of 5! Brilliant film.

Great film

Not seen this movie in 20 years but still great today.

You get a chance for two doses of nostalgia with this one - the rose-tinted retro of the early sixties, then the late nineties. I saw this in the cinema as a teenager when it came out and enjoyed it as much again with my wife 23 years later! It's charming, gently paced and fun, with just enough cheeky humour.