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19 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75USA TodaySusan WloszczynaUSA TodaySusan WloszczynaBlast feels positively timely if not downright positive about the human race's ability to endure. Forget radiation. Fraser and folks actually survive three decades-plus of Perry Como music. [12 February 1999, Life, p.8E]
- 75San Francisco ExaminerSan Francisco ExaminerSpacek and Walken are pure comic energy.
- 75ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliAs a date movie or for a solo night out, Blast from the Past offers more than standard romantic comedy fare.
- 70NewsweekTed GideonseNewsweekTed GideonseSpacek is brilliantly funny, slowly transforming Helen from a nervous 60s housewife into a liquored-up one. I could have watched her in the vibrating fat-burner, eyes closed, lazily gripping a martini glass, for hours.
- 67Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment WeeklyAs pleasantly plastic as its retro-chic sets.
- 60The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinFortunately, the Webber shelter is a jaunty monument to kitsch, and the Webbers themselves are an appealingly batty crew.
- 50VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyA time-warp comedy that starts out kinda "Pleasantville" and gets pretty Tepidsville, Blast From the Past expends scant imagination or style on a fun premise that seems an open invitation to both.
- 50Chicago ReaderLisa AlspectorChicago ReaderLisa AlspectorDemands that we see as coincidental if not ironic the ease with which Fraser cuts a rug at a swing club when he's hopelessly naive about everything else that's being revived in the 90s when he emerges.
- 40TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghThis bizarre hybrid of romantic comedy cliches and less-than-subtle social commentary defeats their best efforts to make it sparkle.
- 30The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThe A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThe first 20 minutes of Blast From The Past, in which the film actually does something with its central concept, aren't that bad.