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Blast from the Past

Blast from the Past

Drama · Romance · Comedy · 1999

Following a bomb scare in the 1960s that locked the Webbers into their bomb shelter for 35 years, Adam now ventures forth into Los Angeles to obtain food and supplies for his family, and a non-mutant wife for himself.

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Blast from the Past

“She'd never met anyone like him. He's never met anyone... Period.”

1999 Drama · Romance · Comedy 1h 52m

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6.8 / 10

Community rating

Following a bomb scare in the 1960s that locked the Webbers into their bomb shelter for 35 years, Adam now ventures forth into Los Angeles to obtain food and supplies for his family, and a non-mutant wife for himself.

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What this film says about your taste.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Hugh Wilson

Written by

Hugh Wilson · Bill Kelly

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Court is in session

Put Blast from the Past on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.