It's more monkeying around at Disney in this science fiction comedy adventure that is once again loud and obnoxious and mostly confusing and unfunny, and a plotline that would put the kiddies to sleep. But who can sleep with Brian Keith bellowing even more loudly than George C. Scott? He is ridiculously over the top, one of the hammiest performances I've seen in a Disney film, and that's saying a lot. Actors in classic Disney films aren't directed to emote. They are directed to open their mouths as widely as possible and shout out their lines.
There are a few scattered good moments in this film, and probably the only one I'll remember from it is the single scene with Nancy Kulp, giving instructions to Tom Tryon, then asked to leave so they can discuss something a bit "too sensitive for a woman's ear's to hear. Kulp hesitates in the most hysterical of ways, and in her two minutes on screen makes more of an impact than anybody else in the cast. Well other than the chimp astronaut who is less animated than others in the cast.
Dany Saval as a possible spy has a role that makes absolutely no sense, and she is rather unappealing. Tryon and Edmond O'Brien come off unscathed because they seem to be the only people not following the director's orders to screech every line. This is the type of film that instantly dated itself, poorly directed and badly plotted. There is a reason why the bulk of the Disney output of the 60's and 70's are nearly forgotten because they follow a formula that in retrospect is annoying.
There are a few scattered good moments in this film, and probably the only one I'll remember from it is the single scene with Nancy Kulp, giving instructions to Tom Tryon, then asked to leave so they can discuss something a bit "too sensitive for a woman's ear's to hear. Kulp hesitates in the most hysterical of ways, and in her two minutes on screen makes more of an impact than anybody else in the cast. Well other than the chimp astronaut who is less animated than others in the cast.
Dany Saval as a possible spy has a role that makes absolutely no sense, and she is rather unappealing. Tryon and Edmond O'Brien come off unscathed because they seem to be the only people not following the director's orders to screech every line. This is the type of film that instantly dated itself, poorly directed and badly plotted. There is a reason why the bulk of the Disney output of the 60's and 70's are nearly forgotten because they follow a formula that in retrospect is annoying.