From the team responsible for the hugely successful seasonal horror fantasy comedy film Gremlins (1984) comes Innerspace, a clever and witty remake of Fantastic Voyage (1966), with Dennis Quaid as the troubled astronaut who finds himself miniaturised and injected into the blood stream of a highly strung hypocondriac, wonderfully played by Martin Short.
This is a fun and entertaining movie with Oscar winning special effects by ILM, a clever script by Jeffrey Boam and likeable leads that include Meg Ryan who would go on to marry Dennis Quaid in real life but they divorced in 2001.
Directed by Joe Dante it contains his usual troupe of character actors Kevin McCarthy, Robert Picardo, Henry Gibson and of course Dick Miller, and with a production overseen by Steven Spielberg this is top notch family entertainment. Dante effortlessly mixes comedy, science fiction and romance ensuring a wide audience appeal.
Being a Joe Dante movie there are many in-jokes, movie references and cameos that add to the fun, especially for movie geeks like myself, and there's a lot of fun to be had as we venture into various parts of the body as Quaid's Tuck Pendleton firstly tries to come to terms with the host body he finds himself in then tries to help Martin Short's character foil a terrorist sub-plot that got him unwittingly involved in the first place.
This is a fun and entertaining movie with Oscar winning special effects by ILM, a clever script by Jeffrey Boam and likeable leads that include Meg Ryan who would go on to marry Dennis Quaid in real life but they divorced in 2001.
Directed by Joe Dante it contains his usual troupe of character actors Kevin McCarthy, Robert Picardo, Henry Gibson and of course Dick Miller, and with a production overseen by Steven Spielberg this is top notch family entertainment. Dante effortlessly mixes comedy, science fiction and romance ensuring a wide audience appeal.
Being a Joe Dante movie there are many in-jokes, movie references and cameos that add to the fun, especially for movie geeks like myself, and there's a lot of fun to be had as we venture into various parts of the body as Quaid's Tuck Pendleton firstly tries to come to terms with the host body he finds himself in then tries to help Martin Short's character foil a terrorist sub-plot that got him unwittingly involved in the first place.