| Blast From the Past | | Cast : | Brendan Fraser, Alicia Silverstone | | Director : | Hugh Wilson | | Studio : | New Line Home Entertainment | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, DTS Surround Sound, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | February 12, 1999 | | DVD Released Date : | November 02, 2004 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), English (Subtitled), English (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | July 21, 2005 | | Summary | Blast from the Past | Content
 | It was a great movie and the quality was excellent. I thoroughly enjoyed it. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 25, 2005 | | Summary | This Film's The Bomb | Content
| "Blast from the Past" is a consistently funny film about a man who was born in a fall-out shelter in the San Fernando valley living with his parents until coming out when he is 35. A majority of the film's laughs derive while they are underground oblivious to the changes that have gone on. This can be credited to the performances of old pros Christopher Walken as the eccentric professor and Sissy Spacek as his wife. The laughs are less sporadic when Adam (Brendan Fraser) emerges from the shelter though Dave Foley gives a good performance as Alicia Silverstone's gay friend, a character type that has become cliched but Foley transcends that. The film can also be faulted for overlength but on the whole the laugh quotient is pretty high so I recommend it. |
| Rating | | | Date | May 10, 2005 | | Summary | A Funny and interesting film, one for all to enjoy! | Content
| In 1962, Calvin Webber (Christopher Walken) was a brilliant but somewhat paranoid scientist living with his Donna Reed-esque wife, Helen (Sissy Spacek), in Los Angeles. In the midst of the Cuban Missile Crisis, a plane crashed into the Webber's yard. Mistaking the blast for "the big one," the Webbers moved into their elaborate bomb shelter to wait out the half-life of radioactive fallout. In the shelter, now a sort of time capsule, Calvin and Helen conceived and raised their son Adam (played as an adult by Brendan Fraser). For 35 years, Adam was raised on Jackie Gleason, Perry Como, and stories about life on the surface. Calvin taught his son about science, baseball, and communists while Mom taught Adam about dancing, good manners, and charming young ladies. Just in time, too, as Adam is sent to the surface to gather supplies and find a wife, preferably a nice, non-mutant girl from Pasadena with which to repopulate the world. Once this "fish out of water" story is set up, the fish, Adam, is set adrift in a sea of supermarkets and adult bookstores, but is soon caught by Eve Rustikov (Alicia Silverstone). Completely lost above ground, Adam enlists Eve's help to navigate his new world and find the supplies on his list. The literally sheltered Adam falls for this bitter, cynical, street-smart woman who grew up in a bleak Los Angeles with little use for love. Living with her gay roommate, Troy (Dave Foley), Eve has had her hopes chipped away by a long line of dead-end jobs and loser boyfriends. When the throwback Adam enters her life with his sunny disposition, seersucker jacket, and joy at seeing the sky, she can't help but fall in love. |
| Rating | | | Date | January 13, 2005 | | Summary | A funny film for all ages with a great message | Content
| This terrific feel good film is just right for all ages. It has great acting, a wonderful romantic story, and an even better message. With many memorable scenes, lines, and a great soundtrack.
Christopher Walken is hilarious as a fun-loving genius that is utterly paranoid of the Soviet Empire.
Adam has been living in a fallout shelter for his entire life and suddenly is free and required to come above ground. Adam's naive and innocent character makes for many funny moments.
Eve: A "Rob Roy," I thought only hookers drank that stuff.
Adam: Well I know mom sure loves them.
The movie is full of great writing and memorable lines.
Adam: Mom, dad, we must hurry I'm being chased by a psychologist.
Crazy Friend: It's ok, it happens from time to time to everyone.
The movie really shows how our society has lost some of its innocents, however it also shows the beauty of a loving family, the true love between a man and a woman, and the importance of a fallout shelter.
I highly recommend this movie to everyone. I've seen it many times and it never gets old.
In My Humble Opinion
John G (Find Me)
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| Rating | | | Date | October 17, 2004 | | Summary | Good geewilicker's movie | Content
| Trapped underground in their bomb shelter for almost 30 years, 2 parents send their son Adam up to the now much more modern (and scary) world above. Adam must find special types of medicine to save his ill father below. But it is only too soon that Adam forgets where his house is, and has to rely on Eve, a beautiful but hurting young girl, to help him get home again. |
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