Average Rating: 4.5/10
Reviews Counted: 70
Fresh: 21 | Rotten: 49
Inoffensive and kid-friendly this mundane family comedy is light on imagination.
Average Rating: 4.4/10
Critic Reviews: 11
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 8
Inoffensive and kid-friendly this mundane family comedy is light on imagination.
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A group of kids defend their Maine vacation home from knee-high alien invaders in this adventure comedy for the entire family. When Michigan native Bethany Pearson (Ashley Tisdale) arrives home after a secret outing with her boyfriend (Robert Hoffman), her father, Stuart (Kevin Nealon), decides that it's high time for a family vacation. Packing up the car with wife Hannah (Ashley Boettcher), teenage son Tom (Carter Jenkins), and big sister Bethany in tow, Stuart invites the extended family to
PG, 1 hr. 26 min.
Action & Adventure, Kids & Family, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Jul 31, 2009 Wide
Nov 3, 2009
$25.0M
20th Century Fox
All Critics (70) | Top Critics (11) | Fresh (21) | Rotten (49) | DVD (2)
Hilarious? No. But will you hate your kids for begging to see it? Nooooo.
Basically a tweener cable movie on steroids, with a bigger budget and a larger cast of B-list character actors.
It appears designed for families who never leave the mall.
A forgettable bit of fluff that will zip out of your orbit as soon as the credits roll.
It's doubtful that many people will be asking for their money back after seeing this movie. But they won't be remembering too much about it 24 hours later, either.
The ensuing war of the worlds is waged with weapons as fearsome as a bubble blower, a skateboard, and a sort of anti-gravity grenade that, frankly, looks like a lot of fun.
The whole enterprise is frustratingly 'blah' - weak acting, flat storytelling, lifeless direction, murky cinematography.
Cute protagonists, sensible morals and refreshing lack of complexity make Aliens in the Attic a bit of guilty pleasure.
Remarkably unremarkable; a lively war of the worlds diversion with plenty of spunky special effects, gratuitous slapstick, and Ashley Tisdale parading around in a bikini for all the dads out there.
Aliens In The Attic might fall between a key audiences but will certainly provide a rip-roaring time for both tweens and younger kids, never mind the parents who are seemingly dragged along.
Disliking Aliens in the Attic because it is so blatantly aimed at kids is like disliking the desert for having no water in it . . .
Amiable, kid-oriented slapstick...
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What it lacks in originality and creativity it makes up for with action and a talented cast that breathes life into its thinly drawn characters.
You get the feeling that the Aliens in the Attic video game probably has more to offer.
Despite a lacklustre beginning, this family film manages to keep its audience entertained right through to the end.
Getting past the passages of forced teen coolness, this likable sci-fi romp brings some PG-tastic fun.
Undemanding and occasionally lol, Aliens in the Attic will have the youngsters in stitches at some of the fight scenes... entertaining and sometimes goofy family comedy
Cue some uninspired but reasonably entertaining mayhem. The aliens are mediocre CGI bipeds who wouldn't last 10 seconds against a horde of Gremlins.
Uninventive family comedy.
The aliens look like cast-offs from a bad Spielberg film and the whole family are boring examples of Hollywood's ordinary Americans.
If I saw ALIENS IN THE ATTIC twenty years ago, I would have recommended it. But now that the bar has been raised for family films, I would say wait for the dvd, and only if you're a parent.
My daughter picks winners. I have to admit i laughed at parts of this one. Not a great movie but did have some cute moments. My daughter really liked it though.
January 25, 2010Super Reviewer
Art Pearson: This isn't Xbox, Lee. It's real! - Like Wii! "They came from upstairs." Just a piss poor attempt at a family sci-fi film. Aliens in the Attic is beyond childish, it is to the point where kids will be making fun of how stupid it is. The whole movie is a bunch of talentless child to teenage actors running
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