Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Twilightfa Watch something else. There are very few redeeming qualities to this film.

Teddie Blake The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Sameer Callahan It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

vlasec What I really like about this movie is the setting. A planet so very similar to ours in the 50's, but inhabited by smaller green guys with antennae, similar to how we imagine aliens. Then an alien invasion actually happens, when a human astronaut lands on their soil.The movie mocks our fear of the unknown and does good job with that, even though some of the situations are a bit too far to the absurd side. The movie likes to use some stereotypes, mostly for the good. At least you can identify stuff easily without having to decipher it and if you watch it with children, they might understand most of it, too.Of course, something is totally unrealistic or oversimplified, but it's a comedy, no need to take it too seriously. You wouldn't make a realistic movie about it anyway, as sentient extraterrestrial life might be very different from ours anyway, even if it shared our fears.

SnoopyStyle Lem is just an average teenager except he's an alien on an alien world that resembles more like 50's middle America. He's bad at his job at the planetarium and has a crush on his neighbor Neera. An earth spaceship lands in their backyard and NASA astronaut Chuck Baker emerges. Meanwhile in the secret army Base 9, there is a room filled with Earth objects that have landed over the years. A Rover is activated and goes in search for the new arrival. Chuck is shocked at the inhabitants and run screaming into the planetarium. Lem befriends Chuck and tries to get him back to his ship. General Grawl and the army arrive to fence off the ship before Chuck could get there. Professor Kipple claims the alien could turn them into zombies.It's a perfectly fine idea of an inverted alien ET landing. The pop 50s reference could be funnier but this is simply boring. There is a real need for many more jokes. Looking at the credits, it looks like Joe Stillman is the only writer in the room. That is probably its biggest programs. It needs other writers to come and sharpen the jokes. This feels like a first draft with an interesting idea. The other problem is that the 50's reference are all old and nobody under 40 would get most of them, let alone the tiny ones.

bazmitch23 The idea was the real reason I wanted to watch this film. Sadly it's the only good thing about this tripe.It's really unfunny. Most of the jokes involve peeing, farting, anal probing and slapstick. And the whole joke of the aliens thinking that the human can turn them into zombies is not funny.It's just an ugly film to look at. I hate the colours and the design. Jessica Biel's character is given nothing to do except be the girlfriend and that's it. There isn't much to her character. Justin Long plays the same sarcastic guy you've seen in every comedy movie he was in. Hey, Gary Oldman is the villain......... again. Poor Gaz. Why did he do this film? He was probably kidnapped like the rest of the actors.John Cleese is just in it for the money and The Rock...... sorry, Dwayne Johnson still can't act.The sci-fi references got on my nerves. How many times do we have to see Star Wars get referenced over and over?Do yourself a favour and rent the kids a Pixar or a Dreamworks film instead.

fred-m-stabs Please disregard RichardSRussell-1's review, I am not sure he watched the movie, at least not with very much attention. First, he states "humans as the bad guys" but the only human was the movie's good guy! The military general was the bad guy, and even a four year old could easily see that. Second, I'm not sure if he is familiar with movies playing on themes and paying homage to other movies, stories, and so forth. That's not ripping off, but that reviewer obviously can't even grasp that concept. Countless movies, perhaps most of them, will include scenes and lines deliberately intended to make reference other works – this is not plagiarism, it's paying homage! There has not been a single children's animated movie with this particular theme, not even close (at least no movie or major work). Yes, it is essentially a reverse E.T. and builds on many, many other movies that have come before. But the overall work is not a copy of anything else.It's a play on the common movie theme, and popular attitude in the 1950's, that all aliens must be terrifying monsters and the civic paranoia and fear that follows the suggestion of an alien visitor. Given that, it *has* to copy themes and images and possibly even lines from other movies. That's the whole point.Having seen almost every kid's animated movie out there, I found this movie to be very enjoyable and I loved seeing it. More importantly (at least if you're a parent) my kids loved this movie, and they don't like every kid's movie. It may not be the greatest movie of all time, but I would definitely recommend it and a great watch.