© FAKESHEMP.NET
  • Home
  • Reviews
  • Podcasts
    • Podcasts
    • Good Movie Monday
    • WTF was that?
  • MEDIA
    • Videos >
      • Photos
  • GLG
  • Blog
  • Interviews
  • About

D.A.R.Y.L.

5/8/2013

0 Comments

 
Picture
1985 / Director. Simon Wincer.

Here's another gem from my youth. It came at a time when family films were are their best. The 80s (more specifically the mid-80s) brought us a quality of family film that no other era has. At a moment in time when computer technology was only just being realised, a whole heap of movies came along with a sense of awe and wonder. Some of them forecast a better future, while others predicted the decline of mankind. Project X, Wargames, Short Circuit, Flight of the Navigator, Electric Dreams, The Last Starfighter, Weird Science... I could go on forever. Amongst them was DARYL starring Barret Oliver, a movie about a juvenile humanoid. With a completely organic body of flesh & bone, he was created by military scientists from a test tube and has a computer in place of a brain. As he ages, his human condition strengthens and thus be becomes a liability for the military and must be destroyed. In the meantime DARYL escaped the military compound and has found refuge with a loving all-American family who show him unconditional love. Of course this movie has its cheesy moments and the narrative is contrived and predictable, but it's impossible to resist. Barret Oliver is wonderful in the lead and Michael McKean brings a sincerity to the screen that he's rarely given the opportunity to explore. The film was Aussie director Simon Wincer's first American project and he stepped up confidently. DARYL was poorly received back in 1985, which was no doubt due to so many of these family-friendly sci-fi movies flooding the market. It's certainly not the best of them but it's charming, well intended and thoroughly enjoyable for all ages. Add some great dialogue and a fantastic performance by Danny Corkill, the 10 year old actor playing DARYL's best friend, Turtle. Thank God for the 80s. Hollywood have forgotten how to make movies like this. 

0 Comments



Leave a Reply.


    OUR WRITERS
    GLENN COCHRANE
    JARRET GAHAN
    SHAUN CRAWFORD
    ALEX MAYNARD
    CHRIS THOMPSON​
    Picture

    RSS Feed

    Archives

    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012
    October 2012
    September 2012
    August 2012
    July 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012
    April 2012
    March 2012
    February 2012
    January 2012
    December 2011
    November 2011
    October 2011
    September 2011
    August 2011
    July 2011
    June 2011
    May 2011
    April 2011
    March 2011
    February 2011
    January 2011
    December 2010
    November 2010
    September 2010
    April 2010

    RSS Feed

© 2018 FakeShemp.Net    All rights reserved.  FakeShemp.Net Illustrations by MJ Barros. 
  • Home
  • Reviews
  • Podcasts
    • Podcasts
    • Good Movie Monday
    • WTF was that?
  • MEDIA
    • Videos >
      • Photos
  • GLG
  • Blog
  • Interviews
  • About