A family sci-fi adventure about a group of kids who must protect their holiday home from invading pint-sized aliens with world-destroying ambitions. Meanwhile, the parents remain clueless to the alien battle.
Sort of a bit like Home Alone, Gremlins, Toy Soldiers and E.T. all rolled into one, this stars High School Musical's Ashley Tisdale and was filmed in Auckland, NZ (the location standing in for Maine, USA).
Full of mostly perfect kids, with perfect hair and perfect teeth, armed with a spud-gun who save the world from invading teensy weensy aliens (there are four of them, and actually only three are intent on world domination), this is one of the strangest films I've seen in some time.
The adults are secondary to the film's stars: the kids and the aliens. Actually the only adults that get to have half as much fun is Nana Rose (Doris Roberts, Raymond's mum in Everybody Loves Raymond) and the kids' human nemesis - boyfriend Ricky. It's quite a sight watching Doris going head to toe with him, Matrix-style, and it's the highlight of the film.
All in all, it's a little light on the laughs, a little hazy on the acting and a little low budget on the CGI. But for kids it'll be a fun movie: full of kids outwitting aliens and explosive fireworks. Chuck in a few genuine LOL moments and you end up with, well, a little light entertainment.
By Richelle Jackson, Flicks.co.nz
Very good family film about well you guessed it alines in the attic and the young children who try and stop these pint sized invaders from taking over the world all the while trying to battle there parents who have been remote controlled operated by the alines
honestly,but funnily cool
i think it was very funny and entertaining my little brother loved it
Week, yes I mean WEEK, like a wet dreadfully long WEEK... even the kids were over it 1/2 way through... dont bother, shot in NZ or not.
I think they cut the parts out where they took the pills and when they wore off.
Occasionally funny, but not quite enough charm or invention to make this a kids' classic.
The movie is awfully close to a video game with its own specific rules, but its characters are appealing and funny, "Aliens" doesn't have a mechanical feel that drags down most video-game movies.
Perfectly calibrated for the pre-adolescent set, highlighting broad physical comedy and themes of kid empowerment and featuring one of the stars from "High School Musical."
Robert Hoffman as the boyfriend, who spends most of his time under the marionettelike control of either the aliens or the human children, provides the film's occasional funny moments.
A fun but underwhelming and forgettable comedy.
We've been told the NZ release date for this flick is Thursday, 17th Sep 2009.
Release date: September 17th 2009.
We haven't received times for this movie in this location yet. However these are updated as cinemas announce them, so check back soon. Hopefully the lovely cinemas in your location will choose to play it shortly. ~Ed.
