Marred by cheapjack CGI and poor character design (the squishy-faced critters look like they came out of a cereal packet, not outer space), this very kid-centric caper is numbingly mediocre.
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08/14/09
Aliens in the Attic (2009)
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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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Reviews for Aliens in the Attic
Children below the age of ten may be amused... Older people, by which I mean everyone from 11 upwards, may notice that the movie runs out of ideas within 20 minutes.
08/14/09
Aliens In The Attic is boring. Not just humdrum but deathly dull, as in stick-it-in-a-rocket-and-blast-it-into-space uninteresting.
08/14/09
Very winsome and very long.
08/14/09
A pleasant, inconsequential movie.
08/14/09
Watchable family sci-fi comedy with at least one hilarious and rather brilliant set-piece, but there's never really any sense of danger or jeopardy so it's not quite as exciting as it should have been.
08/14/09
High energy levels and some genuinely hilarious set pieces make this kids' alien-invasion romp a lot more fun than expected. It's not, erm, rocket science, but it's a thoroughly entertaining ride from start to finish.
08/14/09
Even though the basics are in place, they've been squandered by director John Schultz - a man who doesn't seem to have the first idea about how to shoot action, or comedy, or anything else.
08/14/09
A cheap and charmless kiddie-orientated sci-fi adventure film. Pre-teens deserve better than this.
08/14/09
There's nothing really new here: it's all sub-Home Alone nonsense.
08/11/09
It's one thing that the script has a moronic premise. It's another that the writers don't have anything clever to add to that premise.
08/09/09
Agonizingly lame.
08/07/09
Most of all, it comes as a bit of a relief to see a movie aimed at kids that doesn't come with the increasingly irritating 3-D gimmick, the distracting vocal contributions of big-name stars or elaborate backstories
08/07/09
Iyt's a cheesy kids-to-the-rescue adventure that should soar in popularity when it's released on DVD.
08/06/09
Jenkins is a bit too McDreamy to play the geeky underdog, and adult viewers will be nostalgic for the chubby, bucktoothed and truly dorky cast of The Goonies.
08/05/09
What works best in the film are the special effects, clearly the primary focus as the talented cast gets less attention than the CGI and wire work.
08/04/09
Basically a tweener cable movie on steroids, with a bigger budget and a larger cast of B-list character actors.
08/03/09
It appears designed for families who never leave the mall.
08/03/09
For the youngsters, it offers a lot of fun -- and it's funny.
08/03/09
A forgettable bit of fluff that will zip out of your orbit as soon as the credits roll.
08/03/09
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