One of my all time favorites.

Good , But It Is Overrated By Some

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

There are many reasons a person could watch this movie. Young hackers, young astronauts, young sci-fi students, people who dive into their dreams... are we alone?? In this movie, the answer is there for all of them. It is an awesome movie, one of the great movies that touches the dreamer. For me, it was the ability of one of the kids in particular that made this a must watch from when I was a kid, even until now with my own children I had them watch it. The computer aspect of one of them making a logic / motherboard we will say out of the diagrams of one of the other kids dreams. It was awesome! The sphere that was created from a board hooked to a computer then was given x,y coordinates and destination information was just AWESEME!!! A must see for any and all ages. Hang on tight while you go on an adventure to... well... I wont spoil it for you. Great Movie!

I watched it just for River, and god this movie is so cute I wanna die.From the massive cuteness of River's face and glasses, their cute childish mistakes and worries to the aliens which are hilarious. Ethan Hawk and the other kid were really good as well, but River, man, he's amazing.It's a shame it didn't get the attention it deserve at the time, and I'm glad people are recognizing its brilliance now.

Ben Crandall (Ethan Hawke) is a 50s sci-fi fan. He has dreams of flying over a circuit board. At school, tough kid Darren Woods saves him from bullies. His nerdy friend Wolfgang Muller (River Phoenix) builds the circuit board from his dream. He connects it to a computer which starts reprogramming itself and forms an indestructible sphere. The boys use the sphere to build their own spaceship. They travel into space and are taken into an alien spaceship. They find aliens who watch too much TV.It's mostly a fun children's adventure movie. It's got future stars Hawke, Phoenix and Amanda Peterson. It builds up to something great but the drama stops in the spaceship. The aliens are wacky but there isn't any story there. The last act needs to be bigger. There needs to be some sort of danger.

Explorers is directed by Joe Dante and written by Eric Luke. It stars Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix, Jason Presson and Amanda Peterson. Music is by Jerry Goldsmith and cinematography by John Hora.It's the family friendly sci-fi that Joe Dante did after he made Gremlins, and it's a film of much fun and childish splendour that is only done down by getting away from itself in the last quarter.Plot basically sees three young lads (Hawke, Phoenix and Presson) with different talents and ideals who come together to fashion a spacecraft as they deal with the perils of school (bullies, puppy love, scholastic pressure). Taking off, the boys eventually go into space and encounter an alien race who have an interesting view on the human race...Dante had studio interference to contend with and he eventually re-edited the film for home format release. The film does feel compromised and rushed towards the end, but the story holds up real well and the young actors (Dante's excellent direction of youngsters is often forgotten) engage and entertain for all the right reasons. It's a bit derivative and it does at times feel like Dante is just making a movie so he can bathe in homage nostalgia, but there is intelligence in the sci-fi factors before it gets confused as to its messages and the aliens we finally meet annoy and disappoint.Weird and wondrous, fun and fragile, Explorers is a mixed bag for sure. 7/10