Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Brilliant and touching

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

This is a cute, albeit forgettable comedy romance about a man who comes out in the real world after living in a nuclear fallout shelter all his life. Strange to see both Alicia Silverstone and Brendon Fraser completely fall off the face of this Earth now but back in 1999 they were as big a stars as one could be. The chemistry is lacking to be honest and the film sort of just plods through though there are some cute moments scattered about. Blast from the Past is a decent watch if there is nothing else to see. Otherwise you're better off renting Clueless or The Mummy.

First off, yes, I am a little biased, I want to get that out of the way so that I am not accused of being biased, I am in this case, I love this movie for very personal reasons!I don't always enjoy romcoms, most times they are so painfully "by the numbers" they are more dull than a slasher film, at least people die in slashers if they annoy you, most times. ;P This is why "Blast from the Past" is so refreshing, while it has more than it's share of romcom clichés, it also has many welcoming elements that stray from your typical romcom, which may also be while it failed at the box office, but is definitely far and away, one of the best 1990's Romcoms. Brendan Frasier is a blast to watch, as the innocent and untainted Adam, but it is Christopher Walken and Sissy Spacek who steal the show, and while the movie without them is still fun and engaging because of Frasier's fun and amiable performance, the movie really takes off whenever Walken and Spacek are on screen. They are both touching and hilarious in their portrayals, and while display great physical comedy, they never go into caricature, which is quite a delicate balance for a film such as this. This is why the film works, without the Frasier, Spasek, and Walken's performances, this film would fall flat on it's face. Dave Folely and Alicia Silverstone are fun, but they have to play a lot more straight, however, Joel Slotnick, as somewhat unhinged defunct bar owner is fantastic, and provides some of the funniest moments in the film. The reason this film resonated with me as a 14yr when this was released, and the reason it still does today, is unlike "Pleasantville" it actually holds the higher moral standards of the 1960's in a much higher regard, it isn't trying to say "These are bad", in fact, it definitely portrays honor and decency and respect in a very favorable light. While, yes, often the clash of values is used for comedy or drama, it is never used to in a disrespectful manner. There is something to be said for a man that respects and honors a woman with his attention, but also doesn't just have sex with her, but actually gets to know her and loves her for who she is. This is still an element sorely missing for romantic comedies, they are almost solely based on sex, as if that should always be the basis of a relationship or always is. I have and still may be in the minority, but traditional moral values, while may not be in fashion, just produce better results in society, even if you vehemently disagree with them.I think I cried when the epilogue where Eve says Adam said a child should take care of their parents when they get old, that was always my philosophy, I didn't always appreciate everything my parents did, but I sure understood that they worked their butt off for me, and should they end up old and decrepit, I will take care of them, period, end of story. To see that value put forth in a film was both unexpected and pleasant, and remains a reason I really enjoy this film. God Bless ~Amy

"Blast from the Past" is pleasant and amusing, while delivering an interesting commentary on social values and the deterioration of manners, education and other aspects of society. Brendan Fraser is perfect as Adam, a Renaissance man with superb theoretical social skills but inexperience, so initially comes off as nothing more than a likable doofus, but gradually grows into the gentleman he was trained to become. His character's innocence, naïveté and tendency to view issues as B&W dichotomies represent society's world view in the 1950s and 1960s. Christopher Walken delivers an unusually understated performance and steals the film in the very last scene. Alicia Silverstone does as well as can be expected with the material she was given, but her Eve character is underdeveloped. She seems like an okay sort of girl next door, but doesn't offer enough to justify Adam's fascination with her to the exclusion of several other girls who superficially seem more obvious choices. She has a competing love interest in Cliff, but it never seems clear why she loved him before and doesn't love him now but is still a bit fixated on him. The relationship seems a bit contrived. He's there when the plot needs a low point for Adam but conveniently absent at other times. And it doesn't make much sense that alpha male Cliff would have moved in with her rather than inviting her to move in with him, or that he wouldn't park in front of her house. Eve's entire character also seems contrived. She doesn't seem the type who would frequent the trendy nightclub they visit or to have a gay roommate. While the film is amusing, it falls short of hilarious. Much of the humor is fairly subtle. Many jokes and gags require lengthy setups. The writers don't fully utilize all of the comic tools in their arsenal. There aren't many sight gags other than Adam's unstylish suit. Recurring and 1-2-3 gags aren't used very effectively. The baseball cards and baseball game don't escalate the humor. There are a few verbal gags and double entendres, such as gay/happy, but there's room for many more. The foreground and background aren't used effectively. At one point Eve and her gay roommate Troy enter a porn shop looking for Adam. They jump up and down on the floor, to determine if there's a basement, but it's done very seriously. Cut twice to a customer clutching an armload of VHS tapes and backing away as if they are weird. The Pakistani shop owner approaches, wearing a lot of gold jewelry in what may or may not have been intended as a politically incorrect commentary on the influence of immigrants growing rich by peddling porn. They have an exchange that includes one of the best jokes in the movie, then ask about a rear entrance. Including the setup, the scene lasts for about eighty seconds. It could have been shortened by showing the customer in the background instead of in separate shots. The customer is overweight and looks a bit nerdish or borderline weird. There are a number of things they could have done to make the scene funnier. He could have dropped a tape at Eve's feet and she could have picked it up for him only to have him deny it was his. He could have hurriedly replaced a movie and asked the shopkeeper if he carries any historical documentaries. He could have approached Eve and asked her if she was Dixie Normous, the famous porn star, and asked if she would autograph the box for him. Troy does a little dance step in an effort to see if the floor sounds hollow. He could have gotten on his knees and put his ear to the floor. That could have led to a sight gag and physical comedy. Except for the one joke, which was admittedly one of the best in the movie, the setting could have been changed to a barbershop or grocery store. They didn't push the envelope or try to squeeze every laugh they could out of the scene. In part, they seem to have tried to be inoffensive, going as far as to blur the images of bare breasts on the video jackets, possibly trying to maintain the tone and sensitivities of the 1950s and 1960s. For their efforts, the film still got a PG-13 rating. But what's the point? Viewers who would be most likely to appreciate the references to manners, mores and cultural references of that period would have been in their forties or fifties in 1999 when the film was released. Much of the humor would have made no sense to younger viewers. Some aspects of the movie are simply not funny. A character becomes alcoholic. Another character goes stir-crazy. A plane crashes in a residential neighborhood. While they take pains to suggest there were no casualties, including having the plane go vertical before nosediving, plane crashes simply aren't funny. Consequently, the film has an uneven tone. But the trade-off is a cinematic billet doux to a lost age of innocence.

This film has original plot. It starts with the party in 1962 as the father of the main character (Christopher Walken) telling a joke. He is a genius but strange at the same time and when all the people there watch TV news and Pr. Kennedy tells about missile lunch Walken asks everyone to leave and after that He and his wife (Sissy Spacek) stay at the underground bunker. The main character Adam (Brendan Fraser) lives for 35 years of his life there and this part of the film is quite boring but then when he gets on to the streets of modern Los Angeles it gets much more interesting especially when Eva (Alicia Silverstone) enters the film. She is a real pleasure for the eyes. Summarizing it's an interesting family comedy with elements of fantastic and it's an average one: not great but not poor either. It has many fun moments so if you can skip the first 20 or so minutes of slow start then it'll make you smile and even laugh.