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The movie

  • Award Snub: Unlike Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen was not nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her beautiful performance.
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  • Cliché Storm: After the interesting science fiction setup, the road trip romance plot is rather by the numbers.
  • Fridge Brilliance: When you realize that Starman is in fact an Energy Being, it makes sense that Jenny could not come with him. His race could probably live anywhere - airless rocks, gas giants, the photosphere of stars, even the vacuum of space itself - and would have no need for life support on their ship.
  • Nightmare Fuel: Starman's accelerated growth from infant to adult. The infant stage at the beginning and segments of the transformation invoke an eerily similar yet subtly off feel.
  • Retroactive Recognition: M.C. Gainey (years before finding fame on Lost) is one of the cops who tail Jenny and Starman at the hotel.
  • Special Effect Failure: Though impressive at the time, Starman's transformation hasn't aged gracefully over time in a world where digital morphing is now possible. While the puppet effects by Rick Baker and Stan Winston still hold up well enough, the main issue lies in the transition effect from puppet to actor courtesy of Dick Smith, which looks very much like a bad Stop Motion effect.

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