Does anyone know this children's film please.

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My dd is desperate to watch a film she used to watch, I have no idea what it is.

There is a boy with brown hair who lives in a car dump, he has some friends, they get one chocolate a day but he runs away and metal aliens try to attack and a man tries to stop him and someone in an air balloon helps him and he finds his dad at the end in a boat

There may or may not be a crocodile too.

I have no idea, if anyone could help I'd really appreciate it.

It was flight of the navigator no chance anyone would have got it from that description.

Glad you figured it out :)

Is that flight of the navigator?? 'Compliance!' (Love that film!)