be from a small town in illinois myself and i can instantly relate to this movie . consider the era it be make in and the townsfolk look uncomfortably like a lot of people i grow up with . yes the plot be so so . and yes and the acting be not go to get nominate for an oscar anytime soon . but that isn not the point . the point be to suspend reality and just have fun . and this movie have fun aplenty . from the greedy and uncaring banker to the well meaning and but dimwitted deputy and this movie be make to poke fun at the scifi genre and small town living at it best . who can not smile at the sight of the enforcer drone or the vern droid . and i love the farmzoid . wish i have one when i be grow up . overall and consider the technology they have available at the time and this be a pleasant romp into one childhood and when you could sit back on a saturday afternoon and popcorn in hand and and laugh at the foible of small town living . this be a movie i would watch again and again and if for no other reason than to poke fun at myself and my small town way .