6.3
Bound by a shared destiny, a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor jaded by disillusionment embark on a danger-filled mission to unearth the secrets of an enigmatic place somewhere in time and space that exists in their collective memory as "Tomorrowland."
Britt Robertson
Casey Newton
George Clooney
Frank Walker
Raffey Cassidy
Athena
Hugh Laurie
David Nix
Tim McGraw
Eddie Newton
Chris Bauer
Frank's Dad
Shiloh Nelson
Young Casey Newton
Kathryn Hahn
Ursula
Keegan-Michael Key
Hugo
Thomas Robinson
Young Frank Walker
Pierce Gagnon
Nate Newton
Matthew MacCaull
Dave Clark
Judy Greer
Jenny Newton
Matthew Kevin Anderson
Bus Driver
Michael Giacchino
Small World Operator
D. Harlan Cutshall
Skyscraper Foreman
Xantha Radley
History Teacher
David Nykl
Science Teacher
Paul McGillion
English Teacher
Pearce Visser
Beefy Cop
Garry Chalk
Jail Desk Jockey
Dagan Nish
Jail Punk
Yusuf A. Ahmed
Jetpack Dexter
Alex Barima
Jetpack Buddy
Jedidiah Goodacre
Jetpack Buddy
Kate Crutchlow
Monorail Mother
Priya Rajaratnam
Young Astronaut
Parm Soor
Astronaut's Father
Leena Manro
Astronaut's Mother
Rick Pearce
Pickup Driver
Tom Butler
Police Captain
Michael Rowe
Deputy
Tim Perez
Deputy
Patrick Sabongui
Eiffel Tower Guard #1
Romuald Hivert
Eiffel Tower Guard #2
Mathieu Lardier
Pierre Clark
Fraser Corbett
Jensen
Darren Shahlavi
Tough Guard
Aidan Gemme
Young British Recruiter
Takayuki Oki
Guitar Player
Natasha Davidson
GM Plant Worker
Liliane Leilan Juma
Haitian Woman
Paul Anthony
Thick Glasses (uncredited)
Kenia Arias
DQ Patron (uncredited)
Kimberly Arklie
Hero Bus Patron (uncredited)
Nicholas Barrera
World's Fair Patron (uncredited)
Barbara Keegan
World's Fair Patron (uncredited)
Jason Bell
Dave Clark #7 (uncredited)
Wendy Bell
Guest (uncredited)
Aimee Bowen
Pedestrian (uncredited)
Chrystall Friedemann
World's Fair Lady (uncredited)
PewDiePie
PewDiePie (uncredited)
Darien Provost
Mikey (uncredited)
Jackson Tessmer
1964 World's Fair Boy (uncredited)
Marcus Rosner
Handsome Harry (uncredited)
Julie Johnson
Harry's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Marshall Archibald
Justin (uncredited)
Clint Carleton
Pierre Clark (uncredited)
Luis Castilleja
Gentleman - 1964 World Fair (uncredited)
Ellen Marguerite Cullivan
Neighbor (uncredited)
Leslie Danielsen
DQ Patron (uncredited)
Michael Ray Davis
Lonely Man (uncredited)
Peter Dwerryhouse
Nix Six (Scientist Financier) (uncredited)
Lindsey Elizabeth
Alice (uncredited)
Amy Esterle
Greyhound Girl (uncredited)
Monique Ganderton
Dave Clark #1 (uncredited)
Glen Gordon
Donnie / Science Kid (uncredited)
Kory Grim
Dave Clark Henchman (uncredited)
Robert Peoples
Pedestrian (uncredited)
Anthony J. James
DQ Patron (uncredited)
Tomas Johansson
1964 World's Fair Patron (uncredited)
Kenneth Kantymir
Nix Six (uncredited)
Andrew Kerr
1964 World's Fair Attendee (uncredited)
Joshua Lagos
Neighbor (uncredited)
Tommy Lentsch
Driver (uncredited)
Laura MacKillop
Betsy (uncredited)
Grae Marino
Motorist (uncredited)
Catherine Michaud
Young Attendee (uncredited)
Jaeda Lily Miller
Young Casey (uncredited)
Lochlyn Munro
Uncle Anthony (uncredited)
Aliyah O'Brien
Functionary (uncredited)
Eddie Perez
Dick Clark #2 (uncredited)
Marc Primiani
World's Fair Patron (uncredited)
Kinley Rice
1964 World Fair Girl (uncredited)
Kelly Riese
Woman in Car (uncredited)
Robin T. Rose
Game Warden (uncredited)
Bruce Salomon
Max / Louis (uncredited)
Ranjit Samra
Pilot (uncredited)
Manoj Sood
Economics Teacher (uncredited)
Director, Screenplay, Story
Brad Bird
Screenplay, Story
Damon Lindelof
Story
Jeff Jensen
February 16, 2016
7
I have to say that I quite enjoyed Tomorrowland despite its way too common mistake of being quite a bit nonsensically preachy to satisfy the current politically correct view of what is “wrong” with the world today. Filtering out those parts this is a quite enjoyable, visually very entertaining, family movie. If you have strong opinions about certain things then you might want to be with your kids when watching this one. Personally I consider my oldest son to be quite capable of making his own opinions and as for the two younger kinds I try to point out the pro’s and con’s and let them grow up to make their own mistakes.
Having that out of the way this is a visually quite wonderful movie. it is of course quite CGI enhanced but in a good way. It is a Disney movie after all so you would expect, at least I did, some “artistic freedom” as far as the scenery is concerned.
The story is actually a quite lovely “fairy tale” kind of story about a “wonderland” far far away. Initially it is a wee bit difficult to get a grip of what is happening since it all moves about all over the place a bit. If you can overcome that first disorientation it does indeed get somewhat sensible after a while. Having said that I mean “sensible” in the context of not only a wild and whacky science fiction movie but in the context of a wild and wacky science fiction movie aimed at the younger part of the audience. Despite the scientific blurb thrown around in the last half of the movie do not for a minute believe that any of the script writers have more scientific knowledge than the average Hollywood script writer which is…zero.
To me the enjoyment of this movie came from the childish fantasy style (it does have quite a bit of a fairly tale story over it), from the rather enjoyable cinematic effects, quite a bit of cool action and last but not least … George Clooney. Actually that is not entirely fair. George was part of it but what I really liked was the recruiting android all the way from the start. When Clooney entered the scene both him and the android pretty much stole the scene. I am afraid that the Newton girl, for a lot of the time, felt more like a “plot element” than a main character to me.
I have to say that I quite liked the scenes in Paris as well. Sorry guys but I do live in France after all. The Eiffel Tower scenes where quite enjoyable and I do like the touch where they used Mr. Eiffel’s apartment at the top of the tower as a scenery. Actually I am not sure how many people actually know that there is an apartment (now a museum) up there. The stuff about a hidden room and a hidden [naah, that would be a spoiler] beneath the tower is of course truly nonsensical.
So, bottom line, if Disney would not have gone down the line of trying to make a political statement, and I do not care what that statement was except that it was blunt, obvious and unconcealed, then this movie would have gotten another star or two. I cannot justify giving it much lower than what I did since it was, technically speaking, a quite good and entertaining movie. However, movies for children is not the medium to make a statement unless you believe that you are living in a socialist state a ‘la the Soviet Union.