Moustroll Good movie but grossly overrated

BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Donald Seymour This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Matylda Swan It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

woodland-6 As fans of Dr. Buckaroo Banzai's adventures, some of you may have heard rumors or read in the latest issue of the Banzai Institute's World Watch One Newsletter (10/16) that the original creators of Buckaroo Banzai are engaged in an ongoing battle with MGM regarding the ownership of rights to both The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension and to the entire Buckaroo universe that Earl Mac Rauch began creating a full decade before the actual movie. On the other hand, all this may come as news to you. Many of you perhaps are not aware that any unresolved Buckaroo rights issues actually exist because you have quite reasonably assumed for years that MGM "owned" Buckaroo Banzai lock, stock, and barrel. Others of you, even after having read about the current rights brouhaha on many different blogs, may still be confused about the exact nature of the dispute. And, of course, some of you may just wish the whole problem would go away so that more Buckaroo Banzai adventures might appear. If you're in the last category, ask yourselves, "What would Buckaroo do if something he felt rightly belonged to one person was being taken away by another?" Read more on the Banzai Institute Facebook page.

spmact I heard this was a cool 80s movie, and I was curious because I like a lot of 80s movies and had never heard of this one. It was directed by the same guy that did Big Trouble in Little China, which was great, and I also like Peter Weller and John Lithgow, so I decided to give this one a shot. I also read some positive reviews of the film on this site, and after seeing the movie I had to leave my own review so people wouldn't be mislead by all the positive reviews.Man, was this terrible. The plot was goofy, the effects were bad, and the so many things in it made no sense. It's like they set out to make the silliest movie they could and didn't care if it would be good or not. I grew up in the 80s and have a fond memory of many of that decade's movies, but this is definitely not one of the good ones from that era.

Lee Eisenberg "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension" is a movie that understands full well what kind of movie it is and so they made it as zany as possible. Peter Weller was a few years away from playing RoboCop when he played the renaissance man who travels through solid matter and brings Earth into confrontation with aliens. What was particularly neat was when they noted that all matter is mostly empty space due to the spinning of the atoms (which presumably makes it possible to travel through the matter). And of course the part about Orson Welles's radio broadcast was cool. But mostly, the movie is just fun, and it looks like the sort of movie that they probably had fun making. As long as you accept it as an unabashedly silly flick, you're sure to enjoy it. Weller, as well as John Lithgow, Ellen Barkin, Jeff Goldblum and the rest turn in some great performances.

capone666 The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th DimensionThe worst part of travelling to another dimension is that no matter what kind of clothes you pack, everything will be out of style.Fortunately, the attire of the adventurers in this sci-fi/comedy is entirely eclectic.When super-star scientist Buckaroo Banzai (Peter Weller) drives his Jet Car through the side of a mountain by passing through the 8th dimension, his feat attracts the attention of an earthbound alien Lord Whorfin (John Lithgow), whose Red Army is working on a means of accessing the lost dimension.Now, Banzai and his five companions (Jeff Goldblum, Clancy Brown, Billy Vera, Lewis Smith, Pepe Serna) must thwart Whorfin and his Black Army adversaries from annihilating earth in a cross-dimensional feud.A hodge-podge of sub-genres, Buckaroo Banzai is steeped in sci-fi and pulp sensibilities, which lends well to its zany space invasion plot line. As for pocket universes, they make ideal locations for dumping our garbage.Yellow Lightvidiotreviews.blogspot.ca