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- 1987
- PG
- Warner Bros.
- 2 h
- 1987
- PG
- Warner Bros.
- 2 h
Summary A hapless store clerk must foil criminals to save the life of the man who, miniaturized in a secret experiment, was accidentally injected into him.
Directed By: Joe Dante
Written By: Jeffrey Boam, Chip Proser
- 1987
- PG
- Warner Bros.
- 2 h
- 1987
- PG
- Warner Bros.
- 2 h
Innerspace
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7.3
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Summary A hapless store clerk must foil criminals to save the life of the man who, miniaturized in a secret experiment, was accidentally injected into him.
Directed By: Joe Dante
Written By: Jeffrey Boam, Chip Proser
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
66
60% Positive
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40% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
66
60% Positive
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
40% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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Using a twist on the ingenious premise of "Fantastic Voyage" -- miniaturized travel within a human body -- and a pair of very different but equally irresistible leading men, Innerspace is densely inventive and consistently hilarious. [1 July 1987, p.C1]
The plot is standard fantasy-adventure pulp, though director Joe Dante (Gremlins, Explorers) has so many screwball things going on in it that the comedy all but overwhelms the formulaic line of action.
There is more than enough energy here to sustain the film over its two-hour course. [3 July 1987, p.AC]
The film is never inspired; it's not imaginative enough to be any more than an entertainingly good time. But it's an enormously unassuming, likable comedy, and surprisingly uninsistent for a big summer entertainment.
Mostly it gets by on being good-natured enough for you to accept its being clumsy and padded and only borderline entertaining.
It takes great confidence to think of a second film before the first is even finished; either that, or it takes great nerve. In any case, Innerspace, which opens today at the Criterion and other theaters, has all the brashness of a hit, if not all the luster.
Formulaic fun, helped by two winning leads.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 14 User Ratings
7.3
71% Positive
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 14 User Ratings
7.3
71% Positive
10 Ratings
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29% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 3 Nominations
Guinness World Record Award
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
