Everyday life has a certain odd humor to it, especially to the uninformed viewer.
Like last year's Holy Man , which took a character unfamiliar with modern society and dropped him into pop culture, Blast from the Past gives us a fresh and envigorating look at what society really is. This brand new perspective of the ordinary is accompanied by quite a few laughs, too. Aided by Brendan Fraser's innocent countenance, which he used to great effect in 1997's George of the Jungle , and the straight-faced humor which Christopher Walken has mastered, the script manages to engage the audience in a charming manner. Although the jokes are rough on the edges early on, by the middle of the movie's 110-minute running time the comedy is very polished. Directed by Hugh Wilson, who helmed the first Police Academy movie, there's no reason it shouldn't be polished.