This is a near-flawless retro-style period comedy chock-full of sight-gags, pop culture jokes, great 70s music, and downright hilariously great casting. Really, you don't need to know the plot! If you know the 1970s in America, you are guaranteed to get 90% of the jokes! Otherwise, if you have no experience with 1970s pop culture, you might want to skip it. It's definitely funny without that knowledge, but it's 100 times funnier with it!David Cassidy plays the proverbial straight guy surrounded by lunatics, as he tries to rescue the future by time traveling to 1776 (oops, 1976!). The McDonald brothers of Redd Kross are the two hippie kids trying to help Cassidy and his team from the future. Why the McDonalds didn't get a 10 picture deal after this, I'll never know: they're incredibly fun to watch! Cassidy's team includes Olivia d'Abo and the brilliant physical comedy of Geoff Hoyle (he steals every scene he's in).While I loathe, loathe, LOATHE period films that try to do the 60s and 70s by using obviously fake beards and wigs, misguided music and slightly-off props; this film nails it. I have yet to see a contemporary film do the 70s this perfectly. The costumes, hair, actors, script, everything is dead-on. It also helps to have a ton of authentic 70s character actors, comedians and musicians turning in spot-on, expertly directed cameos!As I said, you might not like it if you weren't there. But if you were, this is your own private time machine back to 1976: You really can't go wrong with this film!

My wife and I saw this movie on cable TV shortly after it came out and shortly before it disappeared into oblivion, and since we both were little kids in the 70s we both found the movie to be pretty funny. It has its share of really bad jokes (like people slipping on a picture of bananas), but it's not supposed to be intellectual humor. It's supposed to be a campy, cheesy movie that (fondly) makes fun of a decade that contains a lot to make fun of. And it certainly succeeds on that level.The movie was clearly a very low budget affair, yet the film makers managed to nail little details like the red, white and blue-painted fire hydrant outside the main character's home (there was one of those across the street from the house I grew up in). Everyone involved in the movie seems to have done their homework, but are having fun with it and not taking it too seriously.I recently discovered that this movie has finally come out on DVD, and at a bargain basement price, so I ordered a copy. My 14 year old daughter watched it with me and loved it - she described it as "stupidly beautiful" and immediately put the soundtrack on her iPod.So if you're feeling nostalgic for the 70s and think you'd like a low-budget comedy that doesn't pretend to be masterpiece theater, look no further. On the other hand, if 80 minutes of disco music, cameo roles and jokes about bongs and pop rocks doesn't sound like your cup of tea, then avoid.

I was quite surprised that I liked this B film, as the start is pretty corny. Once you get over that fact, you see a pretty fun film, one which anyone who lived through the 70s will appreciate.Apparently, this film is a 2nd generation's project. The executive producers are Copalla and Riener, the sons of Francis Ford Copalla and Rob Riener. I think that accounts for the relatively large cast of 70s stars. The music was great as there were snippits from many 70s tunes. I went looking for the soundtrack, but, unfortunately, it doesn't exist.The main star, David Cassidy, was the lead singer for the Partridge Family, among other things. It would have been very easy for the producers to harp on that topic, but I was pleasantly surprised to see that the film didn't turn into an inside-joke factory.This is a fun film to coast back to the 70s on. If you can get over the campiness of the beginning, you're in for a treat. Have a nice day!

As someone who grew up in the seventies, it was refreshing to see the 70s depicted as strangely as it really was. Some anachronisms exist, such as the exploding Pinto. thjat didn't come to light til the early 80s, but the movies hearts in the right place. Any one who was growing up then, or has even heard of the 70s will love it. Great Music, Great Clothes, and of course the hair brings back frighting nightmares.