the audience applauded

Please don't spend money on this.

Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

Blistering performances.

I liked this movie when it came out in 1984, and I recently saw it again, and I like it even more, if that's possible. Jeff Bridges' performance is absolutely Oscar-worthy. He truly seems to be an alien being inhabiting a human body. Karen Allen also gives a very nuanced performance, playing a woman who has to travel with an alien who looks exactly like her late husband. This movie has heart, and it's funny. Perhaps the best-remembered line is the alien's deduction about stop lights: "Green means go, red means stop, and yellow means drive very fast."

Contact with alien races is one of the eternal SF themes, so not even the trash king John Carpenter resisted the temptation to tackle it. What separates ''Starman'' from the rest of the b-production it shares the timeline is one of the best acting in the history of SF cinema (Bridges), as well as some decent production, albeit nowadays out of date and slightly naive. On the other hand, the script just won't take the viewer anywhere specific, leaving the sense of unfinished business at the very end. ''Starman'' is a decent movie if you are a fan of the '80s movies, but not for much anybody else.

The first time I saw this movie I was mesmerized in the first few minutes. Starman has a not so subtle message, that we are our own worst enemies...right from the start all the officials are trying to kill a visitor from the stars, except for one scientist who recognizes that the alien just might be here to learn about us.Jenny Hayden lost her husband recently, and when the Starman's spaceship is shot down while entering Earths atmosphere. He crashes rather near Jenny's home in the woods, and Starman explores Jenny's home. He's an energy being, so the filming is from his perspective. It was very well done...Anyway, Starman sees pictures of Jenny's husband, and "creates" a carbon copy of him. Jenny wakes up and the movie takes off from there...some will undoubtedly say the movie is rather slow, and indeed it is paced that way through much of their time together. What grabs onto you subtly is the awakening of a love that transcends the galaxy. The cinematography is excellent, the theme music outstanding, and the acting top notch...Yes, it will move slowly, but that is the real beauty of a really well done movie, from when movies were made well...

Starman (1984) A re-watch and almost as good as the first time. I like the concept of the "alien and the lady" and him having to learn to operate in a human skin.New to noticing plot holes and goofs and was a little distracted by them but not too much to enjoy the film. The insistent mispronunciation of Chequamegon (Shih-WAH-muh-gone) National Forest as "She-mogg-wahn." was a biggie. They also took a very odd route from northern Wisconsin to Arizona. But we're starting to get picky now.All in all an enjoyable film with a good romance in a sci-fi / fantasy film.