Synopsis: An aviator is cryogenically frozen in an Army experiment, and wakes up 53 years later.
Appraisal: This completely befooled me for a while. I was expecting something along the lines of Sleeper (1973) or Idiocracy (2006), which have a similar premise but are set in the future. However this film took a different turn and the subject of the comparison between different periods is not tackled except in the most casual manner (e.g., regarding television he comments simply that he had already seen it on the 1939 fair). Only in the last scene did I realize what this is actually about, and perhaps got a clue what the title is about also, a sense of irony by the filmmakers being implied. That being said, I am not entirely convinced that the long path it takes to make its point -- act now, don't procrastinate, you will not remain forever young -- is rewarding enough from a dramatic standpoint.
Rating: 41
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