It has grace, style, and dynamism inhealthy quantities. [Full review in Spanish]

| Dec 30, 2022

Occasionally vrooms as if powered by voluminous vials of jet fuel and will send art-deco aficionados' eyes a-poppin' like Tex Avery's Wolf. But for anyone raised on "Raiders," its sum total is a mostly phantom memory of aesthetic, mood and momentum.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 16, 2021

...briskly-paced and unabashedly old-fashioned...

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 11, 2020

Momentous, thrilling, intermittently comedic (but never unintentionally), smartly paced, and uncommonly entertaining.

| Original Score: 10/10 | Sep 24, 2020

The Rocketeer captures a nostalgia for the past and couples it with a retro science fiction future...

| Apr 1, 2020

At the end of the day, The Rocketeer works because it's paying homage to the Saturday matinee serials.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 2, 2019

A fantasy adventure in the manner of Raiders of the Lost Ark, and for the most part it works.

| Jul 19, 2018

Undeniably, Rocketeer's overall trajectory is pleasing and winning, but it lacks the quirky charms and personal idiosyncracies that endeared other big-effects films to tot and sophisticate alike.

| Jun 21, 2018

In the quarter-century since its release, as the superhero blockbuster has become a cornerstone of mainstream moviemaking, it's become clear that 'The Rocketeer' is a model of the form - breathless, energetic, and endlessly entertaining.

| Jun 24, 2016

A charming adventure tale, in the spirit of 1930's serials, The Rocketeer is a fun ride.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Jan 29, 2012

One of Disney's most underrated films, and I can't for the life of me figure out why, unless it's the absence of a big-name star.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Dec 29, 2011

A charmer in its gee-whiz, irony-light resuscitation of the movie serials of the '30s. [Blu-ray]

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 29, 2011

While The Rocketeer never crashes, it's a bumpy ride of cartoonish characters, a flimsy plot and an overall sense of letdown.

| Dec 27, 2011

It's not as dark or as edgy as Tim Burton's Batman films, but it's still cleaner and more digestible. It's not a deep story, but it's full of fun nostalgia and action.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 20, 2011

A beautifully directed, high-flyin' production, teeming with all sorts of classic Hollywood encounters and bizarre comic book touches...Connelly is mesmerizing -- a stupendous act of casting that elevates the room temperature of the picture.

| Original Score: A- | Jun 20, 2011

Almost never takes thrilling flight.

| Original Score: C | Jun 1, 2011

More Deco-era style than substance -- but fun.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 1, 2011

Energetic, but the script is routine.

| Jul 16, 2010

A piece of blandly enthusiastic, B-movie pulp.

| Original Score: C | Jul 6, 2010

The result is a movie that looks nice and moves along efficiently, but offers little reason for anyone to watch.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Apr 18, 2007