Flight of the Navigator

PG 6.9
1986 1 hr 30 min Adventure , Science Fiction , Family

12-year-old David is accidentally knocked out in the forest near his home, but when he awakens eight years have passed. His family is overjoyed to have him back, but is just as perplexed as he is that he hasn't aged. When a NASA scientist discovers a UFO nearby, David gets the chance to unravel the mystery and recover the life he lost.

  • Cast:
    Joey Cramer , Paul Reubens , Veronica Cartwright , Cliff DeYoung , Sarah Jessica Parker , Matt Adler , Howard Hesseman

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Reviews

Mjeteconer
1986/07/30

Just perfect...

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Crwthod
1986/07/31

A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.

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Philippa
1986/08/01

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

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Marva
1986/08/02

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

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ninjavanishwood
1986/08/03

its aspect was great cool and sorta seem-in like its start of 2 is its every at hold when it holds up, its like to continue 50Cents to move again its 50cents apron its life walked path, with its future in clear time of act knowledging the ever so experience of its ways of better understanding that it clearly has its sense of justifying the things that weren't thought to be from its years of being the navigator and with its demonstration comes its own the scene of holding its demonstration against those that are against humanity even when those against it are nolonger there to be against it as for the ones who hold its against humanity high becomes the new class of wall

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alyssabond
1986/08/04

This is a tough one. I saw this movie as a child, and it stuck with me as something I loved. But then I revisited it as an adult, and it didn't hold up that well. I wish I could give two ratings, one from me as a kid (probably an 8 or 9) and then one for me as an adult (probably a 3 or 4 at best). To make the compromise I did a 5.The story is fairly original, and the acting is fine. The spaceship effects hold up relatively well. I like the kid (what else did he do?? I feel like I didn't see him in much else). I don't think this is a spoiler, or hope not anyway, but if you're at all concerned with things like then then read no further. One place that really messes the movie up for me though, is when the alien ship AI personality makes a shift from this kind of cool mysterious robot voice, to the voice of Paul Reubens (AKA Pee-Wee Herman, doing his Pee-Wee Herman voice no less). I felt like as a kid this worked, it was kind of hip and cool and fun. But as an adult, it turns the alien ship into a really annoying character, and I feel a lot less sympathy for everyone involved.

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gwnightscream
1986/08/05

Joey Cramer, Cliff De Young, Veronica Cartwright and Howard Hesseman star in this 1986 sci-fi film. This starts in 1978, where we meet 12-year old boy, David Freeman (Cramer) and his family. After David is sent by his parents, Bill (De Young) and Helen (Cartwright) to bring his young bratty brother, Jeff home, David is mysteriously sent 8 years into the future by an alien spaceship. David discovers everyone is different accept him and tries to find the answers. Hesseman plays Faraday, a scientist who works for NASA and Paul Reubens plays the voice of alien, Max who helps and travels with David to get home. I've loved this film since I was a kid, Joey is great as David and Alan Silvestri's score is excellent. I recommend this 80's classic.

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kastri_gr
1986/08/06

I remember that i had watched this movie on television when i was about ten years old.It reminds me good stories like goonies,et the extra terrestial,close encounters of the third kind and basically the good movies from the 80s when they knew how to make an excellent movie without special effects.We see the story of a young boy in 1978 named David who apparently had been disappeared for 8 years without anyone know where he had been.He returns mysteriously in the year 1986 to find out that he was a missing person.This of course occurs the weirdness of Scientists who believe that David has a connection with a spaceship they found and which they cannot open.The most interesting part is that David has a high intelligence and that is the thing that they want to take advantage.David no longer can stand this situation he tries to escape from the Nasa facilities where he was captured and by luck he finds the spaceship to realize that he is the navigator and he can control it.And then there is a chasing for about 20 minutes and at the end David decides to travel back in time in 1978 again because he knows that if he stays he will an experiment for the scientists.Very good acting,an amazing music by Alan Silvestri.I think its a movie for all ages.

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