Evolution (2001)
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: 4.4/10
Critic Reviews: 31
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 22
Director Reitman tries to remake Ghostbusters, but his efforts are largely unsuccessful because the movie has too many comedic misfires.
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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
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David Duchovny
Dr. Ira Crane -
Orlando Jones
Harry Block -
Seann William Scott
Wayne -
Julianne Moore
Allison -
Ted Levine
Gen. Woodman -
Ethan Suplee
Deke -
Katharine Towne
Nadine -
Michael Bower
Danny -
Pat Kilbane
Officer Johnson -
Ty Burrell
Flemming -
Gregory Itzin
Cartwright -
Dan Aykroyd
Governor Lewis -
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All Critics (153) | Top Critics (35) | Fresh (57) | Rotten (79) | DVD (30)
Seems to have been made without a writer.
Top CriticHas 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.
There's something weird, and it don't look good.
Flat, rickety and enervated.
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.
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Harry Block: Wayne, I think we've established that "Ka Ka" and "Tukki Tukki" don't work.
Those lines always cracks me up!