Synopsis
A group of American boys discovers a Russian sailor washed up on the coast of Florida and decide to befriend him, assuming that he is friendly and will bring them no danger and thus go against the ideas of their parents, as well as the government.
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Cast
- Joaquin PhoenixDanny
- Peter BillingsleyAdam
- Whip HubleyMischa
- Stefan DeSalleJason
- Summer PhoenixCandi
- Susan WaltersDiane
- Patrick KilpatrickRaimy
- Vic PolizosSulock
- Charles FrankMr. V.
- Susan BlanchardMrs. V.
Recommendations
- 70
Los Angeles Times
The film makers lay on their brotherhood theme lightly and their success lies in their knowing when to be -- and not to be -- too serious. They also know exactly how much heart-tugging they can get away with. [06 Nov 1987, p.1] - 63
Chicago Sun-Times
What is best about the movie are the sequences where it permits itself to establish a child's-eye point of view, in which comic books, fantasy and reality are all combined into a terrific adventure. - 60
The New York Times
A comic-book movie whose heart is in the right place. - 50
Washington Post
Visually bland, well-meaning salute to the brotherhood of man. - 50
Chicago Reader
Rick Rosenthal's action comedy is positively dripping with good intentions, and although it has its moments of charm, this hands-across-the-waters gesture rarely gets beyond formula Disney material (how far can you get with humanism when the humans are made out of cardboard?). - 40
Tampa Bay Times
A relatively inane movie about good will and unfounded distrust. [06 Nov 1987, p.3D] - 25
TV Guide Magazine
All the characters are cardboard, and the actors fail to bring anything extra to their roles. Simply put, this is just a bad film. - 25
Chicago Tribune
Its message is that if we get to know each other, everything will be okay. Admirable, that. But the way in which it is delivered is so hampered by stereotypes and lathered in cute that one is never able to trust its intentions or swallow its story. [06 Nov 1987, p.56C]
