Blast From The Past Details

[Highly rated reviewer]

Watched it twice

Was only going to give this 4 stars (there are few perfect films around), but thinking back I started grinning again and thought it deserved a strong recommendation - especially for the performances of Sissy Spacek and Christopher Walken as the parents. All my family enjoyed this film, and I watched it twice. Particularly funny if you remember the 60s, but the love story between the younger cast will keep the late teens watching as well. It flags a bit in places, but overall a good comedy and I loved the ending - watch Walken in the last scene, he doesn't need dialogue to get over what he intends to do next...

All star cast gives great film

Christopher Walken at his (less manic than usual) best playes a father who has built himself a secure underground home in case of nuclear attack. When the perceived attack happens, he and wife Sissy Spacek retreat to their comfortable life underground until their baby son is grown up!! Then their supplies run out and son (Brendan Frazer) goes up into the real world where his naivety and innocence leads him into trouble and into Alicia Silverstone. Then the fun begins as she has never met a 'nice guy' before. This entertaining caper is watchable as you can't guess what will happen next. Christopher Walken's tongue-in-cheek elderly father will have you in stitches!