Flight of the Navigator

Flight of the Navigator, 1986. An alien abduction drops a boy off eight years in the future. Directed by Randal Kleiser. Written by Michael Burton & Matt MacManus, story by Mark H. Baker. Starring Joey Cramer, Paul Reubens & Howard Hesseman.

Concept: 4/4 (Great). Ladies and gentlemen, I give you: the only Hollywood screenwriters who have heard about physics!
Story: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Characters: 1/4 (Bad)
Dialog: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Pacing: 3/4 (Good)
Cinematography: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Special effects/design: 4/4 (Great)
Acting: 1/4 (Bad)
Music: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Subjective Rating: 7/10 (Good, 3/4). Maybe it's just nostalgia. (I watched this movie a lot when I was a kid.) It's a really unique premise, though, and they manage not to mess it up.
Objective Rating (Average): 2.4/4 (Okay)