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Reviews Counted:65
Fresh:19
Rotten:46
Average Rating:4.5/10
Consensus: Inoffensive and kid-friendly this mundane family comedy is light on imagination.
Theatrical Release:Jul 31, 2009 Wide
Box Office: $24,967,943
Synopsis: They Came From Upstairs, co-scripted by one of the writers of Madagascar and the Academy Award-winning Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were Rabbits, is an adventure/comedy about kids on a... [More]
Starring: Kevin Nealon, Robert Hoffman, Doris Roberts, Tim Meadows
Director: John Schultz
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Aliens in the Attic is inoffensively mediocre, bereft of subtext and depth but too playful to get terribly bent out of shape about its shortcomings. It could have been a whole lot better, but it also could have been a great deal worse.
There’s nothing remotely original or inventive about this Sci-fi comedy in which Aliens bent on destroying the human race invade the Maine vacation home of an upper class suburban family, but the 8 year olds at which it’s aimed will lap it up.
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.
Agonizingly lame.
a rather an insipid bit of lazy filmmaking
Parental Content Review
Aliens in the Attic is so thinly written by Mark Burton and Adam F. Goldberg that the characters are defined entirely by the actors playing them (or, in the case of the f/x-spawned aliens, voicing them).
Top CriticI wouldn't recommend this film to anyone over the age of fifteen who isn't trying to relive their youth from the 1980s.
Writers Mark Burton and Adam F. Goldberg pretty much let their imaginations go wild.
Top CriticStupid movie, right? But kid-friendly.
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.
Daft battles aside, the film soon takes a predictable turn towards family togetherness and bonding, which is cringing but morally commendable all the same. Ultimately this is a bearable if forgettable film.
A cheap and charmless kiddie-orientated sci-fi adventure film. Pre-teens deserve better than this.
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
Despite a lacklustre beginning, this family film manages to keep its audience entertained right through to the end.
A pleasant, inconsequential movie.
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.
Getting past the passages of forced teen coolness, this likable sci-fi romp brings some PG-tastic fun.
Robert Hoffman shows off his exceptional ability for physical comedy during hilarious mind-control sequences here. In fact, he's very funny in all his scenes.
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.
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