RocketMan (1997)

If you don't like to laugh, this movie is not for you! Have never laughed so hard at a movie--ever!

Plot; A quirky computer programmer is recruited to be part of NASA's first mission to Mars.You get the sense that Disney looked at Jim Carrey and thought "Gee, he's become real popular. Let's get our own affable, rubber-faced Canadian comedian.". The comedic Canuck in question is Harland Williams, who gamely mugs his way through this thin, poorly made space romp, but his best efforts aren't even close to being able to save it. Watching pros like Beau Bridges and William Saddler slum their way through this dreck is the rotten cherry on the suck sundae.

Fred Z. Randall is a geeky spacecraft designer, who gets the chance to make his dream come true. Travel to Mars as a member of the first manned flight there....Liking this film really depends on whether or not you like the main star, Harland Williams. Here in the UK, he's only really famous for his scene in Dumb and Dumber, and everything else he's done non-Farrelly, has gone straight to DVD and disappeared without a trace.What appealed to me about this movie, and you will know where I am coming from if you've read my other reviews, is that its one of those films from the late nineties that were rife and were released almost every other week.Comedies that shouldn't be good, but for some reason, you seem to have some endearment for them.Carpool, Gone Fishin', Most Wanted, the list is endless, and the films are as watchable as ever.It's a straight forward movie, silly geek gets a job that is over his head, every one hates him and takes liberties to begin with, but come the end, he's the hero and he falls in love.It's straight forward silly stuff, with a few laughs that you can switch your brain off to for ninety or so minutes.If you haven't seen it and like this sort of movies, catch it, its quite funny

This movie made me want to kill myself. I loathed every second of it. The only reason why I'm writing anymore about this about this abortion is that IMDb wants at least 10 lines for a review. While watching "Rocketman" I was actually concerned my girlfriend would leave me. Anybody associated with this film should be exiled (if not shot). There is almost nothing redeeming about this film. The only part that was remotely enjoyable was Harland Williams losing it over gefilte fish space paste. Also, the movie ends with the unfunny protagonist getting up in the love interest through dancing upside down (because of artificial gravity). I'm nauseous.