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Starman (1984)
Rate:
7
Viewed:
8/12
8/12:
Starman is at once charming and freaky.
Good performances are rendered by Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen, and Charles Martin Smith. I realize it's not simple to act like
a robot consistently throughout the film, but Jeff Bridges has done it, earning himself an Oscar nomination.
A hybrid between Close Encounters of the Third Kind and E.T. with tons of traveling, the film grows tiresome
because everything has to happen in the United States, no matter what. Hello, there are other countries where Starman could've
landed in and perhaps received a more diplomatic welcome.
All in all, Starman is a good, powerful film, but I don't think it'll hold up if watched again.