Flight of the Navigator (1986)

Release date: 1986-08-01
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: Randal Kleiser
Production Co: Walt Disney Pictures, Producers Sales Organization (PSO), New Star Entertainment
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Science Fiction
Rating: 6.9/10
Length: 1h 30min

Storyline

A 12-year-old boy goes missing in 1978, only to reappear once more in 1986. In the eight years that have passed, he hasn't aged. It is no coincidence that at the time he "comes back", a flying saucer is found, entangled in power lines.

Plot Keywords

frisbee, reference to jimmy carter, ravine, presumed dead, police station, police car, outer space, ocean, spaceship, sparkler, first crush, doctor, urination, vine, train tracks, telescope, station wagon, hospital, robot, brain scan

Short Review

Flight of the Navigator won't earn a place among Disney's classics. but it's a perfectly entertaining sci-fi movie that does a creditable job with the stale human-meets-alien theme.