Middle schooler Ben spends his free time watching sci-fi films, playing video games and reading comic books. Surprisingly, his affinity for all things fantastical yields a real result – when he has a vivid dream about technology, his prodigy best friend Wolfgang manages to create a working spacecraft. Joined by their buddy Darren, the boys take off into outer space and encounter some very odd extraterrestrial life.
Explorers has generally received positive reviews.
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Explorers was released in 1985 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 390 reviews, giving Explorers (1985) an average rating of 64%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 75%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 63%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Explorers than critics were.
With a score of 64%, Explorers is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1985, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 1985 with similar scores include films like Return to Oz, Cat's Eye and Just One of the Guys.
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