Light Years Away

2006

Action / Adventure / Family / Fantasy

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Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 80%
IMDb Rating 4.2/10 10 160 160

Director

Bryan Michael Stoller Photo
Bryan Michael Stoller

Top cast

Eric Roberts Photo
Eric Roberts as Dr. Howard Melvin
Christopher Knight Photo
Christopher Knight as David Sommers
Paul Duke Photo
Paul Duke as Bodyguard
Robert Chapin Photo
Robert Chapin as Ben the Bartender
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894.22 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 37 min
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1.62 GB
1920*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 37 min
Seeds ...

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by BengoAbroad 3 / 10

Wat's up doc?

This film (yes I'm British) should have been made as a cartoon. The plot holes and 2D characters wouldn't have mattered then. As live action it seems to be trying to be something it's not.The blooper reel would probably be as entertaining as the finished result. Purile script suitable for the average 7-year old. The actors all seemed very capable.But there's some danger of picking up some false astronomy.Special FX nothing to write home about. Again, as a cartoon it could have been spectacular.If you sit your kids in front of the TV on a Saturday morning, this should fill about 1 1/2 hours.
Reviewed by felixatagong 3 / 10

Lukewarm and boring

I wasn't planning to write a review as I already lost almost two hours of my life watching this, but then I only found reviews that give the movie 8 stars or more. A closer inspection showed me that these reviews mainly come from friends or.extras. So here is mine.Light Years Away (LYA) uses the not very original trope of 'dreams come true'. An astronomer discovers a planet in another galaxy and the woman of his 'dreams' suddenly appears in front of him as a hologram only he can see.She is a big-boobed bimbo, so I deduct that astronomy isn't the main topic he dreams about. Talking about a big bang.She lives on a dream planet, were she is in love with him, and because he pointed the telescope to her planet she could travel to Earth, ignoring the speed of light.Her physical body is still on her planet though. If her 'dream body' is not reunited with her physical body she will die. That is the MacGuffin.Meanwhile the astronomer is sabotaged by a jealous colleague who deactivates the telescope, needed to beam her back to her planet. But in the end, that is completely unnecessary. She is not only a dream, but also a deus ex machina.None of the actors do a good job,if you ask me. They're too caricatural and one-sided. The sex-crazed side-kick isn't funny. The bad guy isn't dangerous. The situations are totally unbelievable and try to be slightly funny without being funny.Light Years Away feels like a mockbuster of a movie that could've been much better.
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