Why is it, that when Hollywood wants to make a children's movie, they immediately jump to the conclusion that it has to be childish? You can make perfectly good children's movies that people over the age of six can watch, too, you know. Just look at The Neverending Story, or several of Disney's productions. This movie just does everything wrong. Instead of doing good humor, they settle for some cheap slapstick comedy, coupled with gross-out comedy, and to add that final flavor of crap, some childish comedy. The main character is in no way likable, not even the least bit; he's annoying, a jerk, a retard, he has the social skills of an infant and worst of all, he keeps destroying things beyond repair, only to blame it on someone else(on a similar note; am I the only one who thinks that "it wasn't me" is ripped from Steve Urkel's "did I do that?" or Bart Simpson's "I didn't do it"? Lastly, both of those catchphrases are far superior and much more entertaining than the one from this lame movie). The 'love' story is unlikely and obviously just thrown in to take up screen-time and to not disappoint that little group of emotionally disturbed people who can't watch a movie that doesn't end with the unlikely hero winning the girl, no matter how ludicrous a case it is. The plot is about as nonsensical as they come, and is merely put together to allow for plenty of painfully unfunny "comedy" scenes. The characters are clichés. The acting is so far below average that it's ridiculous. Everything about this movie is lame and unfunny. Pity, too, because Dumb and Dumber proved that Harland Williams can be funny, if only mildly. In this he's just juvenile and annoying. I wouldn't even recommend this to kids, as it's simply so bad. The special effects look hideous, too, and are really directly embarrassing to professional movie-making. This could have been made in the 60's, and it would have looked better. The humor is childish and lame, there wasn't one single moment throughout the runtime where I as much as smiled at a joke or gag. The jokes and gags are forced and try way too hard to be funny, and just end up looking embarrassing to the cast and the filmmakers, who, surely, can do better than this pitiful waste of time and energy. The runtime is barely 90 minutes, yet it's incredibly hard to sit through. I urge you, please, avoid this like the plague. It's more bad than you can possibly believe. I recommend this to no one, not even kids; well, actually, if you're a parent and you need your kid to leave you alone for about 90 minutes, put this on, and just avoid even catching a glimpse of it. That's the only possible use I can come up with for this unbelievably bad "movie". If you do have it, if you rented it on VHS or DVD, I only have one suggestion(apart from the above mentioned one and of course returning it as soon as humanly possible); fast-forward about 45 minutes into the film, where there is played a good, old-fashioned rock song, something 60's or 70's, I'd guess. That's the one redeeming quality of this film, and it's not even enough to bring the rating up from the lowest score of one. 1/10
Review of RocketMan
