Average Rating: 4.9/10
Reviews Counted: 134
Fresh: 57 | Rotten: 77
Director Reitman tries to remake Ghostbusters, but his efforts are largely unsuccessful because the movie has too many comedic misfires.
Average Rating: 4.5/10
Critic Reviews: 30
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 21
Director Reitman tries to remake Ghostbusters, but his efforts are largely unsuccessful because the movie has too many comedic misfires.
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Average Rating: 2.9/5
User Ratings: 240,050
The spirit of the mega-hit Ghostbusters (1984) is intentionally recalled with this effects-heavy sci-fi comedy from the same director, Ivan Reitman, co-starring Dan Aykroyd and debuting on the 17th anniversary of the earlier film's release. When a meteor bearing single-celled organisms crashes to the Earth, the life forms are initially confined to a cave. Before long the creatures are evolving at an exponentially rapid rate, resulting in fearsome aliens running amok and possibly spelling
Jun 8, 2001 Wide
Dec 26, 2001
$37.6M
Dreamworks Pictures
All Critics (152) | Top Critics (33) | Fresh (57) | Rotten (79) | DVD (29)
Seems to have been made without a writer.
Has more rear-end gags than a toga party at a proctology convention.
I laughed -- but mostly to keep from getting depressed about the devolution of mainstream movies.
Flat, rickety and enervated.
Feels like [the script] was cranked out to meet a deadline.
Evolution has just the right kind of mild hilarity for a warm summer afternoon at the movies.
perhaps a creative film distributor could employ a brain surgeon who can perform temporary lobotomies in order to endure films like this
...an ideal example of how to do a summer movie right...
Uneven, unfocused with some inspired silliness.
Part of the problem with Evolution -- aside from the fact that it isn't really very funny -- is that it's mostly jaded; there's very little gee-whiz, almost no awe.
Paying homage to his previous and better work, Reitman's new comedy is marked by one-idea story, sporadic humor that lacks wit, and cheesy special effects.
EVOLUTION is like a chemistry set experiment that could have gone horribly awry, but turns out just right . . . Duchovny and Jones have great buddy movie chemistry
Funny, but predictable and dumb.
A fun sci-fi movie that although quite unrealistic, still provides some cool effects and plenty of laughter.
August 9, 2011Super Reviewer
Out of all the popcorn films I have seen recently Evolution has to be my favourite, It is by no means a completely original brilliant piece of cinema but it is a good fast paced comedy to sit back into and enjoy. Duchovny and Jones work well together and the film keeps you laughing throughout.
June 14, 2011Super Reviewer
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