Flight Of The Navigator Common Sense Media (2024)

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Is Flight of the Navigator appropriate for kids? ›

The movie isn't suitable for children under 6 years, and we recommend parental guidance for children aged 6-9 years because the movie taps into things that children fear the most, like being separated from parents and getting lost. But it resolves these fears in a way that's filled with fun and gentle humour.

Flight of the Navigator won't earn a place among Disney's classics. but it's a perfectly entertaining sci-fi movie that does a creditable job with the stale human-meets-alien theme. Fresh score. Appealing children's sci-fi fantasy film, that follows the squeaky-clean Disney formula.

Max reluctantly travels back in time with David and successfully returns him unharmed and at the same moment he left. He makes his way home and finds everything the way he left it before he disappeared. He and his family take off in their boat to see the fireworks and he makes up with Jeff.

This 1978 Disney adventure tells the story of 12-year-old David (Joey Cramer) who lives with his family in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. When he awakens from being accidentally knocked out in the forest near his home, he finds that eight years have passed. His family is overjoyed to have him back, but just as perplexed as he is by the fact that he hasn't aged. When a NASA scientist (Howard Hesseman) discovers a UFO nearby, David gets the chance to unravel the mystery and recover the life he lost.

Flight of the Navigator / Film synopsis

Constant drinking scenes as a main character is an alcoholic and this includes vodka and beer; cigarette smoking in many scenes; cocaine use and a few characters are seen on screen snorting cocaine; woman puffs on a marijuana cigarette; woman uses drugs with a needle and she passes out.

Parents need to know that Flight is an excellent, albeit mature, drama about an alcoholic airline pilot and the investigation surrounding a plane crash he was involved in. The crash sequence itself is realistic and harrowing, with injuries and wounds.

While Max prepares for a mind transfer, David meets other alien specimens on board and bonds with a puckmaren, a tiny bat-like creature that is the last of its kind after a comet destroyed its planet.

Bruiser is the Freemans' pet dog in Flight of the Navigator.

Flight of the Navigator (1986) - Paul Reubens as Max - IMDb.

Summaries. In 1978, a boy travels eight years into the future and has an adventure with an intelligent, wisecracking alien ship. A 12-year-old boy (Cramer) loses consciousness in the woods near his home and awakens eight years into the future without ageing a day.

What happened to David in Flight of the Navigator? ›

David is reported to the local authorities, who after searching their computer, find that David has been legally declared dead. David is then taken to another house, where he finds his family, now aged. Completely confused, David passes out, and awakes in a hospital, where he learns that 8 years have passed.

Nightmare Fuel. Despite being a relatively harmless family film, Flight of the Navigator has some scary moments in it. The leitmotif used throughout the film, particularly in the first half of the film is very unnerving.

A gem from another time

A good, wholesome, fun, exciting, suspenseful, fantasy enjoyable for the whole family.

The Garpuntle is a charmingly rugose and scuzzy little weirdo, like a naked mole rat and a baby emu were sent through a matter transporter together. Max warns David that once a Garpuntle bites you, he never lets go.

Bryce Dallas Howard's next project has her feeling "over the moon." The actress is set to direct the upcoming reboot of the 1986 film Flight of the Navigator, this time with a female lead, for Disney+. Howard celebrated the news with a sweet post on Instagram making plenty of space puns.

Generally, you should avoid flying with your newborn until they are at least 7 days old. Ideally, wait until your baby is two or three months old to fly.

Most airlines count any person between the ages of 2—11 as a child. You're required to purchase a seat for children, although in most cases they're considerably cheaper than the price of an adult ticket (between 25—33% cheaper).

Parents need to know that Plane is an action film with strong violence, language, and problematic depictions of diverse communities.

Parents Need to Know

This movie has some very violent airplane crashes, some causing serious injury. Characters drink, smoke, and use occasional profanity, including "f--k." There are explicit sexual references and situations and some nonsexual nudity.