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dogribmoon L @RT88493536 06/22/2024 B-grade, but well-intentioned See more 06/01/2019 A corny science fiction comedy features a preoccupied homemaker behaving strangely. Because she eventually realizes her conduct was deeply affected to an unexplainable UFO experience. Cara Buono as Joanne Schwartzbaum gives her best Richard Dreyfuss of Close Encounters impression with an emotional female slant. Much of the other performances range from competent to over strong acting to plain awful. Maybe Buono appears bewildered because her character Joanne is unrealistically confusing and does nutty things as buying an ample supply of ice cream flying saucers. Or is it when she is configuring the variable vertical lines of black and white cookies? Those are among the examples of obvious mindlessness having audiences wondering what Director Barry Strugatz is trying to say about his feature film. The silly film score isn't helping much in clarifying its purpose. The movie is gaining a little more sense of direction when Joanne meets a friendly street hustler (Joel de la Fuente) who had his rooftop UFO experience. With such a significant common share, the two friends connect aiding each other to find answers to the occurrences affecting their lives. Soon to our disbelief, they engage a plan to save humanity. In the movie, Joanne said about her and Abraham, "we are on a mission we don't understand." If you listen carefully, that might be the Strugatz's film crew silently sounding Joanne' same questionable expression. The film contains profanity, the suspicion of a marital affair, scenes with the middle finger gestured. There is a bias statement of "dumb, Brooklyn girl" and people appearing as if they don't know Africa. I did not finish watching the film; it is so dumbfounding it hurts. See more Read all reviews

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