Starring Ashley Tisdale, Kevin Nealon, Tim Meadows, Andy Richter, and Carter Jenkins
Written by Mark Burton and Adam F. Goldberg
Directed by John Schultz
Written by Mark Burton and Adam F. Goldberg
Directed by John Schultz
The extended Pearson family is heading to a nice lakeside vacation home together. A short time after they arrive, four knee-high aliens happen to arrive, too, and they wreak havoc on the house in their plot to take over Earth.
By no means is this a good movie, however, there were some minor things that prevented it from being horrendous. The aliens, when not in scenes where they needed to interact with humans, actually looked decent. Nothing spectacular, but when they were on their own, I thought they didn't look too bad. Now, whenever humans were supposed to be looking at them or touching them...the scenes kind of fell apart.
Additionally, for the most part, the kid actors (with the exception of the youngest girl) weren't all that bad. Once again, nothing to write home about, but I've definitely seen worse.
The big problem with the movie (besides it being full of clichés) is the fact that the adults are presented in the typical "all adults are oblivious to everything" fashion that is so often a part of kid flicks. There were walls being broken, trees being torn down, and alien spacecraft landing in the backyard, yet not a single adult paid attention to any of it. It's as if they went missing...this happens all the time in kid movies and I don't understand the point of it. Talk about throwing all credibility out the window (then again, we're talking about a movie with aliens here, so I realize credibility isn't really something they were striving for).
By no means is this a good movie, however, there were some minor things that prevented it from being horrendous. The aliens, when not in scenes where they needed to interact with humans, actually looked decent. Nothing spectacular, but when they were on their own, I thought they didn't look too bad. Now, whenever humans were supposed to be looking at them or touching them...the scenes kind of fell apart.
Additionally, for the most part, the kid actors (with the exception of the youngest girl) weren't all that bad. Once again, nothing to write home about, but I've definitely seen worse.
The big problem with the movie (besides it being full of clichés) is the fact that the adults are presented in the typical "all adults are oblivious to everything" fashion that is so often a part of kid flicks. There were walls being broken, trees being torn down, and alien spacecraft landing in the backyard, yet not a single adult paid attention to any of it. It's as if they went missing...this happens all the time in kid movies and I don't understand the point of it. Talk about throwing all credibility out the window (then again, we're talking about a movie with aliens here, so I realize credibility isn't really something they were striving for).
The RyMickey Rating: D
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