Explorers
starring: Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix, Bobby Fite, Bradley Gregg, Georg Olden
directed by: Joe Dante
directed by: Joe Dante
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BEN CRANDALL, AN ALIEN-OBSESSED KID, DREAMS ONE NIGHT OF A CIRCUIT BOARD. DRAWING OUT THE CIRCUIT, HE AND HIS FRIENDS WOLFGANG AND DARREN SET IT UP, AND DISCOVER THEY HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE BASIS FOR A STARSHIP.
Amazon.com:
It's only in retrospect that one can see that Joe Dante'sExplorers is an awful lot like Robert Zemeckis's Contact. An alien race, determined to make contact with earthlings, feeds some unsuspecting individuals the blueprints for space travel. Instead of the big gyroscope that Jodie Foster was strapped into in Contact, the three kids in Explorers make their intergalactic trip in crystalline blue Flubber. River Phoenix looks shockingly prepubescent (which he was) as Wolfgang, the brains of the trio, while Ethan Hawke looks like a young lady-killer as Ben. Fitting into the "whatever happened to?" category is Jason Presson as Darren, an outcast who joins the two eggheads. Joe Dante's career, cruising after Gremlins was a smash, faced a serious "hitch in the giddyup" when this film sputtered through the 1985 summer season without much of an impact. The effects still hold up nicely, as does Dante's incessant need to pay homage to other, older sci-fi films. The whole thing seems like a lot of trouble for some smackingly bland and silly results, but it's a harmless, initially involving diversion. --Keith Simanton
BEN CRANDALL, AN ALIEN-OBSESSED KID, DREAMS ONE NIGHT OF A CIRCUIT BOARD. DRAWING OUT THE CIRCUIT, HE AND HIS FRIENDS WOLFGANG AND DARREN SET IT UP, AND DISCOVER THEY HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE BASIS FOR A STARSHIP.
Amazon.com:
It's only in retrospect that one can see that Joe Dante'sExplorers is an awful lot like Robert Zemeckis's Contact. An alien race, determined to make contact with earthlings, feeds some unsuspecting individuals the blueprints for space travel. Instead of the big gyroscope that Jodie Foster was strapped into in Contact, the three kids in Explorers make their intergalactic trip in crystalline blue Flubber. River Phoenix looks shockingly prepubescent (which he was) as Wolfgang, the brains of the trio, while Ethan Hawke looks like a young lady-killer as Ben. Fitting into the "whatever happened to?" category is Jason Presson as Darren, an outcast who joins the two eggheads. Joe Dante's career, cruising after Gremlins was a smash, faced a serious "hitch in the giddyup" when this film sputtered through the 1985 summer season without much of an impact. The effects still hold up nicely, as does Dante's incessant need to pay homage to other, older sci-fi films. The whole thing seems like a lot of trouble for some smackingly bland and silly results, but it's a harmless, initially involving diversion. --Keith Simanton
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: 
- I liked
My kids do not have the same taste as me.When I was younger, I loved this movie.I cannot get my kids to watch the whole thing without getting bored.
Rating: 
- Explorers
This is a good movie. All the young actors we excellent. The movie was full of adventure all the way through
Rating: - Great movie
This movie is one of those that really draw you in from the beginning, as you are able to associate with the characters from your own childhood experiences. The story brings it all together in kind of a wizard of oz type way.
Rating: - Explorers
The Movie Is Such A Great Movie, I Had Remembered Watching it From When I Was Younger And I Didnt Remember The Name Until I Had Seen The Actual Dvd Cover, After Watching It Again It Brought Back So Many Memories, I Love This Movie, Three Young Boys Take An Adventure Of Their Own, And Come To Find Out You Can Do Anything If You Put Your Mind To It!
Rating: - For Kids of ALL Ages...
Great adventure/fantasy with fun special FX.Entertaining.Fun to see Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix in very early roles.I'm a grandmother who bought this for her grandkids, but also for myself!
- I likedMy kids do not have the same taste as me.When I was younger, I loved this movie.I cannot get my kids to watch the whole thing without getting bored.
- ExplorersThis is a good movie. All the young actors we excellent. The movie was full of adventure all the way through
- Great movieThis movie is one of those that really draw you in from the beginning, as you are able to associate with the characters from your own childhood experiences. The story brings it all together in kind of a wizard of oz type way.
- ExplorersThe Movie Is Such A Great Movie, I Had Remembered Watching it From When I Was Younger And I Didnt Remember The Name Until I Had Seen The Actual Dvd Cover, After Watching It Again It Brought Back So Many Memories, I Love This Movie, Three Young Boys Take An Adventure Of Their Own, And Come To Find Out You Can Do Anything If You Put Your Mind To It!
- For Kids of ALL Ages...Great adventure/fantasy with fun special FX.Entertaining.Fun to see Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix in very early roles.I'm a grandmother who bought this for her grandkids, but also for myself!
