Review of Starman (1984) by Dawdlingpoet — 25 Nov 2021

This is quite a quirky film - its very much a 1980s sci-fi film (it appears visually quite dated of course and the musical score also makes it quite dated but that didn't entirely put me off) and it has some nice gentle comedy/humour in it. I found the alien character (only known as Starman), quite endearing and thinking about it, aspects of the plot reminded me a little of one of my favourite films, City of Angels, as its the human who is trying to familiarise the other worldly being (aka non-human) with basic human concepts, emotions and things. I suppose its like a combination of ET and City of Angels - what a thought(!).

I any case, I enjoyed this film as the plot intrigued me and as I say there were some amusing moments, when 'Starman' didn't fully understand what he was being told and so on. I liked the naivety of the main character. so overall yes, I would recommend this film.