Common Sense Note
Parents should know that this film contains a few expletives and some scary situations, but nothing that even younger children won't e able to handle.
Families who watch this movie might discuss how they would feel if everyone in their family were suddenly older while they stayed the same age. Also, for sci-fi fans, it could be interesting to look at the use of special effects then and now.
Common Sense Review
Reviewed By: Sarah Wenk
This is an above-average offering from Disney. David Freeman, well-played by Joey Cramer, comes home one night to discover that his family has aged eight years and think he's dead. For David, only a few minutes have gone by. The mystery slowly unravels, leading to David's being taken away by NASA and escaping in a space ship. It's all very well done, with clever shots that make everyday objects look like they just might be from a spacecraft, and very affecting scenes between David and his new, older family.
Eight years have changed things a lot -– David has never seen a music video, and can't believe that "Starsky and Hutch" isn't on anymore. When David is aboard the ship, he makes friends with its mechanical occupant, Max, who is voiced by Paul Reubens (credited here as Paul Mall), clearly working in his Pee-Wee Herman mode.
The sequences on the ship are both funny and touching, as Max and David each try to get home. The special effects are, for the most part, surprisingly fresh and believable, and the opening sequence, of dogs playing Frisbee, is spectacular. This is a charming movie, with enough drama and humor to please almost any viewer.
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