eragonbookfan FUNNIER than "Dumb and Dumber", "Ace Ventura", "Airplane!", "Dr. Strangelove", or "Spaceballs"...OR even "Manhattan", "Wolf of Wall Street" ,"The Sandlot," "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?","The Cable Guy", "Me, Myself, & Irene", "Christmas Vacation", "A Christmas Story", "Wayne's World," "The Big Lebowski", "Gremlins", or "American Pie".I just wish all the hype towards these overrated & nonsensical comedic films could be re-directed at this movie!!! I may have laughed more at this than any other film in history! In my view, Harland Williams is funnier & HECK of a lot more talented with improvisation & funny faces than Jim Carrey - actually may be the funniest comedic actor out there! Jim Carrey's overrated, Williams is underrated. And one big advantage Williams has over Carrey is that he can actually PLAY characters; Jim Carrey is always just Jim Carrey.I feel PRIVILEGED to have grown-up with this flick (which was shown to me by some friends), because it's got great laughs, funny humor, *appropriate* humor, great slapstick, and it's a film that the whole family can all-round enjoy!So many funny & re-quotable lines! Each just makes me smile. x) "Sweet swirling onion rings!" "Sweet Alaskan Asparagus tips!" "'Fun' is my Chinese neighbor's middle name." "Hurry, Commander! Call me mommy now!"And I love Jessica Lundy's character - better than "The Stupids"; she's quite smart, pretty, & quite likable all the same time, too. Glad she got to do the "When You Wish Upon A Star" song dance with Harland at the end.Plus, it even has big name actors William Sadler and Jeffery DeMunn in it!! (Guess the director was a big "Shawshank Redemption" fan. lulz)Comedian Harland Williams plays a computer rocket genius named Fred Z. Randall, and one day his luck changes when he's offered the position of a third astronaut on a Space Shuttle Mission to Mars! IMO, that's a HECK of a lot more interesting than any of the overrated dumb 'comedy' films.When on Mars, the comedy doesn't stop there!In the end, this film doesn't treat you like an idiot, our main protagonist actually "matures" (unlike other dumb character), it had humor that WORKED, this film has EFFORT, and really convincing landscape for Mars.PS: This film ought to switch its "5.9" rating around with Dr. Strangelove's "8.5", or with "Dumb & Dumber"'s "7.3" - I'm serious, it's THAT good!Hey, it's frickin' Disney! Even Siskel and Ebert liked this film. Check it out!9/10

MartianOctocretr5 Slapstick run amok is about the closest that human speech can come to describing this movie. As it careens in random directions, you scratch your head trying to figure out what's going on, and wondering if you missed something. It's worth a laugh, at least on the level of laughing at how amateurish and childish it is.The Pee Wee Herman look-alike act-alike screaming with that exaggerated shrill voice at cover-the-ears intensity reaches the pain threshold at times. His acting is fine, but the director has him going over the top way too often. At anything. Every scene.Here's the deal: a bumbling but gifted computer geek gets tapped to be on the first manned landing on Mars. Don't ask. With two other people and a chimp (no, really). The chimp mugs, and so does quasi-Pee-Wee. When he's not screeching that is. Pee Wee from the Mars lander gets the whole world to sing campfire songs: I'm surprised somebody didn't just shoot him down. More goofy stuff happens on the voyage, each joke dumber than the last.The likable cast makes the most of the low-brow material. This one's only popcorn filler stuff, though.

quagland3000 Okay, It's been 12 years since this movie came out. I was 4 when it was released. I first saw it on Disney Channel, and after that...I STILL CANT GET THE IMAGE OF HARLAND SCREAMING IN PAIN WHEN THE CHIMP BITES HIM! Rolling around in that office with the clearly stuffed monkey. In a regular movie this would be seen as cheesy and childish. OH NOT ROCKETMAN SIR, NO NOT THIS. I have seen a lot of Harland Williams movies: his older ones: Dumb and Dumber(C'mon give it here you pumpkin pie haircutted freak!) Half Baked(Oh you like popcorn don't'ya?Makes your teeth go,POPPOPaPOP!) even his creepier but funny uncredited role in Something About Mary (Why do 8 minute abs when there's 6 minute abs?!) Rocketman(Commander are you sure were heading towards planet earth it looks a lot like the sun! Don't question my authority you incompetent fool!AGAAHhhhhhaahahaha..mornin!) And of course Freddy got Fingered (his scream alone is hilarious: AAAAHUeueee!!!AAAAAHueeee!!!HEEEHAhhHEEHAahhAAAAAHuee!!!) Even his newer stuff Employee of the Month and hes got his new sketch movie Child wild But I think Rocketman is him at his best!

Elswet I'm in the minority on this, but I really disliked this film.I generally like to watch Harland Williams. Typically, he's a fine straight man, but sometimes, his dry wit shows through. In Rocketman, however, he has allowed himself to be reduced to sophomoric antics worthy of any SNL reject (and I say that with all due respect) and appears to belong in a Rob Schneider movie.Quite frankly, this was too painful to watch. The character wasn't funny. He was pathetically moronic...sad...not funny. This has been heralded as awesome, and hilarious, but neither is this funny, nor is it awe inspiring. It's just stupid, with no redeeming qualities whatsoever.I was not entertained, nor was I amused with this film.It rates a a 1.2/10 from...the Fiend :.