Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

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

Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

This has been one of my favourite films since I was a kid The story of Milly & Eric was incredible seeing them beginning to learn from one another and then slowly fall in love was magic.Jay Underwood is an amazing actor his performance showed how gifted he is, this movie was a lot better than the overly done up fantasy films that are shown today. I haven't seen it in years but it still remains as one of the best movies I enjoyed watching on t.v. the film had all the right ingredients, fantasy, tears, romance and above all fantastic visual effects. For anyone who wants to believe that anything's possible I recommend The Boy Who Could Fly you won't be disappointed.

Like other commentators before me I watched this film as a young man and it touched me. In fact it moved me to tears. Now I am older I am still touched by the simplicity of this film and yet it is complex in showing us that from adults to children we all have things to deal with. The reason why Eric Gibb could fly is the most touching of all and in case there are people who do not believe that it is possible for one to sense tragedy in one close to you, believe me it's real.As I pen this comment I have just watched it again and cannot help but feel that even twenty years plus since this movie came out there is the scope for a sequel 'The Man who could fly' I am not talking about a TV series but a one off movie showing our stars meeting again in adult hood. Something to think about. I liked this movie and I would like to own it on DVD should it be released for the European audience.

I'm a sucker for the coming of age stories. This one's about a high school girl who moves to a new neighbourhood, who befriends the autistic boy next door. The boy seems to be able to fly; he's obsessed with airplanes and spends long hours sitting in the window or standing on the roof. The parts are all well played. There's lots of real emotion and a fantastic portrayal of real high school problems. Plus who doesn't dream of flying? Some of these young actors went on to larger roles. Fred Savage looks a lot younger here than in The Princess Bride or The Wonder Years. Jason Priestley is barely recognizable.A great family movie.

I go back and forth on this film so much that it makes me dizzy. But when I hit the ground I am on the side of really liking this film. It is the subtle handling of the conflicts in this film that wins me over. The underlying conflict lies in the death of Millie's father. He dies before the film begins but we find out that he chose suicide instead of a long, probably losing battle with cancer. Millie's little brother asks the question one stormy night after his dog (who he loves very much) is hit by a car and may die--"Why didn't he even try,Millie?" Life has been very difficult for Millie's family which consists of Millie's brother and her mother. Her mother is having difficulty in her new job; Millie has to take care of her brother, fix all the meals, and generally take care of things around the house; and Max is doing poorly in school and is being bullied by kids in the neighborhood. The family shows signs of cracking and the question is, "Why even try." The climatic scene for me is the stormy night, right after Max asks the question, when he runs out to dig up his buried Army figurines and Millie and Mom end up out there with him. Max is crying and desperate to find the figurines in the mud. His mother and sister, instead of dragging him in out of the downpour, dig through the mud with him. It is a beautiful scene that makes the movie for me.The nonsense is ironically the "boy who could fly." Although Jay Underwood plays him sensitively and wonderfully it is the literal fulfillment of this title that blows away all the subtlety seen previously. I understand that the boy being able to fly is symbolic of achieving the unachievable in the face of life's obstacles, but seeing him fly through the fair making a slam dunk on the way was just too much. Although my children loved that part, I always cringe a little when I see it. For me it turns what was a very sensitive movie about a family fighting dissolution into a comic. And yet the first 110 minutes is good enough for me to have me put up with the ending. Lucy Deakin is such an attractive character and the show is wholesome and gives the cold shoulder to ugliness without denying it's existence. I found this very refreshing.