Starman (1984)

	Directed by: John Carpenter	COUNTRY USA GENRE Science Fiction/ Drama/Romance NORWEGIAN TITLE Starman RUNNING TIME 115 minutes
	Produced by: Larry J. Franco
	Written by: Bruce A. Evans Raynold Gideon

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Scott Hayden / Starman	Jeff Bridges
Jenny Hayden	Karen Allen
Mark Shermin	Charles Martin Smith
George Fox	Richard Jaeckel	-
Major Bell	Robert Phalen	-

Review

John Carpenter ventured into the so-called cerebral science fiction subgenre with Starman – a film that looks like a slick, medium-budget 1980s studio production and plays with a Spielbergian inquisitiveness. Carpenter's aesthetic sense gives the film a certain horrorish tension in its first part, which in many ways is also the best. The title character and Jeff Bridges' performance feel aptly otherworldly as his unclarified motivation and unmistakable unhumanity leave everything hanging, including Karen Allen's character. The customary 1980s trope of reckless, insensitive government officials is balanced by Charles Martin Smith's idiosyncratic performance, making the ensuing hunt and ticking clocks towards the end of the picture almost effective. There's fine interplay between Bridges and the wonderfully natural Allen throughout.