Review – Blast from the Past

High on concept and low on content, this situation comedy promises more than it delivers. Brendan Fraser stars as a man who emerges in present-day Los Angeles after spending the first 35 years of his life living in a bomb shelter with his parents (Christopher Walken and Sissy Spacek). Our hero forms one of those ever-popular love-hate relationships with love-hate interest Alicia Silverstone as he wanders LA in search of provisions. It’s a cute if somewhat implausible idea, but it never goes anywhere. Almost all the humor derives directly from a highly contrived sense of culture shock, and it gets really old really fast. It’s not a terrible film, and if you’re in the mood for a no-brainer you could do a lot worse. But it’s nobody’s best work, and for Fraser and Silverstone that’s really saying something. Mildly amusing