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Summary: Excellent
Review: I love this movie and for years I couldn't find it out to buy so when I saw it here, I had to have it. It's a sweet, romantic comedy.
Rating:
Summary: Excellent
Review: I love this movie and for years I couldn't find it out to buy so when I saw it here, I had to have it. It's a sweet, romantic comedy.
Rating: 
Summary: A Cute Movie
Review: I remember seeing this movie as a kid and wanted to see it again. It is a little far out there but no diffent then all these action movies out today. It is just a good wholesome move that you would be able to watch with your family.
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Summary: What happened to those days?
Review: I remember when I first saw this film I enjoyed it as well. I have the movie at home on VHS but I didn't know there was a DVD out. Truly to me the DVD looks like it sucks because it doesn't have any features it only shows a widescreen feature but what happened to those days when everyone was nice had a good attitude towards everybody and now these days I see people being mean to each other and people killing people which is nothing like that back in the 80's and they also make movies like that too. I wish they would make movies like these again and they really don't anymore. But this movie is really great and it made me cry at the ending. It sure brings back a lot of memories.
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Summary: The worst movie of all time!
Review: I saw this movie when I was little and I didn't like it. It was the most boring movie I have ever saw. The acting is terrible and it was one of the worst movies I have ever seen in the 80's.
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Summary: What is the point of this film?
Review: I understand some folks may like this film, but I found it to be one of the worst films ever made. Why is it so bad? Let's see:
The plot: there isn't one. A bunch of people whose lives are so screwed up that they walk around like zombies, wallowing in their own self-absorption until one day a boy who supposedly has autism flies around the town! Come to think of it, he didn't have autism - he was an alien flying home at the end!
The acting: nonexistent. The boy who has autism, Eric, does a terrible job. One of the core chracteristics of autism is difficulty seeing the perspective of another person (theory of mind). Eric doesn't show this at all - in fact he displays excellent joint attending and reading nonverbal communication! Oh yeah, he mumbles a few words like Frankenstein's monster, so I guess some people think people with autism walk around like idiots. The other actors are all flat - no characterization whatsoever. There are plenty of stereotypes in the film, including some neighborhood thugs whom apparently have nothing better to do than pick on a very young Fred Savage. Which goes back to the plot - what was the point of that bullying?
The soundtrack: really bad 80's drivel. Cheesy lyrics with synthesizers and machine drums. The excitement of the film is underscored by this boring music.
The special effects: a joke. This film was made in 1986 and the flying scenes incorporated the same technology as 1978's Superman with Christopher Reeve.
Save your time and your money. Watch Rain Man or I Am Sam instead.
Rating:
Summary: Excellent & Heartwarming
Review: I was amazed at how this movie was able to tug at my heart. The performance of Lucy Deakins and Jay Underwood was superb. This is the type of movie that I can watch with my children and feel good about. Some might call it a simple movie, but it beats a lot of movies that I have watched. If you like this movie, another movie that I recommend is Mr. Destiny.
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Summary: They don't make 'em like this anymore.
Review: I'm so tired of modern family movies full of fart jokes or movies where teenagers make love to pastries and it's supposed to be funny and then they staple on some superficial message at the end in an attempt to be poignant and balance out all the trash that came before. Every other week we are tortured with some nonsense of this calibre and whenever I wish for a movie that stands out from the crowd I have to go back in time and consider some overlooked gem. The Boy Who Could Fly is exactly that.The characters seem so real and their emotions genuine, it builds at a slow pace but it never gets boring and story development is consistent. This is not a ferociously loud summer crowd-pleaser or something bloated with pointless SFX. Very few movies have the power to make a whole story out of characters and situation alone without feeling the need for some ridiculous set piece or blaring thrash metal guitars. In fact Bruce Broughton's score is the wonderful opposite of that. The performances, especially the two leads, are flawless and the direction is far more refined than the typical. Everything in this movie comes together perfectly to make a film so unique and charming. If you have lost your faith in the current dreck that graces our screens and if you want a family movie with some meaning and subtext then check this out. And keep an eye out for director John Carpenter as on of the Coupe De Villes. The DVD is in 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen and in Dolby 2.0. It has an introduction by Jay Underwood and director Nick (Michael Myers) Castle, they also feature in a commentary with Lucy Deakins and Fred Savage.
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Summary: What Mush.
Review: The Boy that could fly is just as it's title suggests. About a Boy who can fly, although the effects work done when he actaully does fly look fake, and the film has no script with the actors looking like they were drinking strong coffee during film takes.
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Summary: One of my favorites of the 80's
Review: The Boy Who Could Fly is a lovely family film with dark overtones that for the most part keep it from becoming too sappy. I love coming back now and then to this film to watch it, even though I find the ending to be a bit too literally fantastic when everything leading up to that has been in a more realistic or dream-like vein. The cast is excellent, and like everyone else I love Lucy Deakins and want to see her back in films...what a natural, heartfelt performance. Jay Underwood is also heartbreaking. Little Fred Savage is wonderful; I love the scene where he runs out in the rain to dig up his buried toy soldiers--it reminds me of the scene in Meet Me in St. Louis when Margaret O'Brien knocks over her snowpeople. I'd like to make a special mention of Bruce Broughton's lovely music score, one of the best of the decade.
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