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FILM DETAILS

Certificate PG

Cast Joey Cramer Paul Reubens Veronica Cartwright Cliff De Young Sarah Jessica Parker

Directors Randal Kleiser

Screenwriters Mark H Baker Michael Burton

Running Time 90 minutes

Flight of the Navigator
Disney goes back to the future.

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Plot
David Freeman (Joey Cramer) is an average twelve-year old boy until one day he disappears. Eight years later he is back, but has not aged a day, much to the bemusement of his parents (Cartwright and De Young) and the local authorities. Perhaps that shiny spacecraft that came down in the night had something to do with it...

Verdict
Never brave enough to feel far-reaching (or, ironically, far-fetched, when time-travel and space flight are so popular at the movies), Navigator still fulfills its mission, distracting the family for bang-on an hour and a half.


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