The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)

Name: The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Director: W.D. Richter
Genre: Science Fiction, Comedy, Adventure, Romance
Released: 1984
Duration: 103 min

"Beings from Another Dimension have invaded your world."

ThumbScore

👍 74%Google users liked it ⓘ

Critics Score

🎬 68% (RT: 67%, MC: 70)

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Director

W.D. Richter

Runtime

1h 43m

Country

United States of America

Language

English

TMDB Rating

6.0/10 (481 votes)

Rotten Tomatoes

67%

Metacritic

Cast

Peter Weller as Buckaroo Banzai · 73% avg

John Lithgow as Lord John Whorfin · 72% avg

Ellen Barkin as Penny Priddy · 70% avg

Jeff Goldblum as New Jersey · 74% avg

Christopher Lloyd as John Bigboote · 74% avg

Lewis Smith as Perfect Tommy

Rosalind Cash as John Emdall

Robert Ito as Professor Hikita

Is The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension good?

Most people think so. 74% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 68%.

Overview

Adventurer/surgeon/rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his band of men, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, take on evil alien invaders from the 8th dimension. Wikipedia ↗