Starman

STARMAN (1984) **** Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen, Charles Martin Smith, Richard Jaeckel. Original and heartwarming sci-fi romantic thriller with extraterrestrial Bridges (winning in his Best Actor nominated performance) visiting Earth after an open invite via a satellite and takes form of Allen's recently deceased husband. Excellent acting and interesting storyline. Outstanding direction by John Carpenter. Atmospheric and ethereally moving score by Jack Nietzche. Best moment: Bridges' resurrecting a deer. Magical.

John Carpenter's Starman is a wonderful film!Jeff Bridges and Karen Allen are really good in this movie!The beginning is scary and the film is never boring and its very in interesting and yet sad and the same moment.It has great effects and a good ending!If you like alien films then check Starman today because it is a fantastic movie!

A great little film, much better than I was expecting. Jeff Bridges gives one of his best and strangest performances as the "Starman" with robotic like movements and very funny mimicking of human behaviour. Karenallen is wide eyed and feisty. Only sour point is the over saccharine score by Jack Nitzsche, it hasn't aged well and is now a little painful to listen to. Otherwise this is a wonderful and charming film. (8/10)

This is, in all honesty, a wonderful movie that I think most will like. The acting, music, and storyline is all very well-done! It's a bittersweet, compelling love story, but the love aspect is not overdone or too fast paced. I'd highly recommend this little movie.

Through the eyes of an alien, we view our world. Such is the beauty of John Carpenter's 'Starman'. His gentle alien comes in the form of a human clone (Jeff Bridges), and as we watch him interact with the rest of our race, we see both the good and the bad in all of us. It is this particular role that I find to be Jeff Bridge's most superb acting (or close to it, given his amazing work in 'The Fisher King'). To me he always did seem an alien in an unfamiliar human body, rather than the actor "Jeff Bridges". While there is certainly some over-simplification in the movie, and it can get a little sappy, I find the 'sap' in this case to be both touching and beautiful. How wonderful, how sad, how miraculous, to watch ourselves through the innocent and wise eyes of this alien being. A brilliant look at human beings, a sweet love story, and an excellent exploration of our spirit.

This beautiful and funny science fiction film comes very close to being my all-time favorite movie. This film is about love. An alien lands on Earth to investigate the life-forms, and encounters Karen Allen. A cross-country chase ensues as our alien has to meet up with his starship in Arizona. But for me, the main point of this film is not the chase, the cloning by the alien, the humor throughout the film, or the eventual outcome which led into the subsequent TV series. The focal point comes in the diner where our alien asks Karen Allen to "Define Love." If everyone would take this definition to heart, this world would be a much better place! This is what movie making should strive to achieve. This film has virtually everything... romance, humor, action, suspense, a gorgeous soundtrack, beautiful cinematography, an intelligent screenplay with a most important message, and talented actors and actresses. I gave it a SOLID 10!