Flight of the Navigator (1986)

I only watched this because Doug Walker said it was in his Top 10 Favorite Disney films. While the movie is certainly fine, I don't think it's great. This movie tells the story of a boy who, one night is knocked unconscious to find out eight years have passed. It's because he was abducted by an alien spaceship causing time to move differently. He doesn't remember what happened. Now, here's the thing that really does bother me about this film.It is literally never explained exactly how or why the boy's memory was erased. Still, this is a finely acted film and I do really like the kid in this. It seems to be partly inspired by ET, a far superior film of course. Some people think the first half is great and the second half is just okay, but I enjoy both parts. It helps that the buildup is so good. I don't know why Paul Reubens was billed as Paul Mill. ***

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I remember catching this on TV as a kid and really liking it. Not much has changed in the years since, as this is still a cool, fun kid's adventure film, perhaps not as in depth or as well made as Joe Dante's EXPLORERS but nevertheless a firm staple of a 1980s childhood.The storyline is split into two halves, and the first half actually turns out to be an intriguing mystery about a boy who suffers a fall in the woods and who wakes up to discover eight years have mysteriously disappeared. Joey Cramer makes for a likable lead; maybe he's not the best actor in the world but I found myself caring about and identifying with his character.After this set-up, the second half lets rip with an exhilarating fantasy set piece in which the lad takes a journey around the world in a really cool-looking UFO. There are some excellent special effects here and plenty of humour thanks to the reliably strange Paul Reubens in a voice performance. It's all very lightweight but no less entertaining because of it. Sarah Jessica Parker turns up in an early supporting role and Veronica Cartwright (ALIEN) is as good value as ever playing the kid's stressed-out mother.

Fun sci-fi family movie about a twelve year-old boy (Joey Cramer) who disappears and returns eight years later, still twelve years old and unaware he's been missing. At the same time, NASA finds a spaceship but are unable to open it. NASA attempts to hold the boy against his will, but he escapes on board the spaceship. Paul Reubens is great as the voice of Max, the ship's computer.This is an awesome '80s movie. A good story told with nice special effects and lots of heart. The cast is terrific. In addition to Cramer and Reubens, there's Sarah Jessica Parker in an early role, Veronica Cartwright and Cliff De Young as the boy's parents, and Howard Hesseman as the film's antagonist.