Flight of the Navigator
July 30, 1986 in theaters
12-year-old David is accidentally knocked out in the forest near his home, but when he awakens eight years have passed. His family is overjoyed to have him back, but is just as perplexed as he is that he hasn't aged. When a NASA scientist discovers a UFO nearby, David gets the chance to unravel the mystery and recover the life he lost.
Cast
Director
TRAILER
QUOTE
"I am not a space case!"
DID YOU KNOW?
The film's core premise was inspired by a real scientific thought experiment: what would happen to a child who experienced time dilation at near-light speed?
THE VERDICT
Synthesized from published reviews
One of Disney's most imaginative live-action films and a genuinely strange sci-fi adventure that holds up better than most of its era. Joey Cramer's David is a grounded, relatable kid dropped into an increasingly surreal situation, and the film earns its emotional punch at the end by respecting the real cost of what happened to him. Pee-wee Herman voicing the alien spacecraft as a sardonic pilot is a choice that should not work and absolutely does.
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