Aliens in the Attic
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: July 31, 2009 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
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3
Mixed:
3
Negative:
4
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
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. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesGlenn Whipp
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." Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyAdam Markovitz
A pointless but ultimately harmless family adventure that doesn't mentally assault the 12-and-over set. (Extra points for being 100 percent fart-joke-free). Read full review
60
VarietyJoe Leydon
Performances are unremarkable but acceptable pretty much across the board, and the vocal talents -- particularly Thomas Haden Church as the belligerent Tazer and Josh Peck as the lovable Sparks -- are well cast. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubTasha Robinson
Like those mild old Disney comedies of the ’60s and ’70s, it seems perfectly content with being a harmless distraction. Read full review
40
The New York TimesMike Hale
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. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeTy Burr
Aliens in the Attic is conveyor-belt family product, an action/adventure/sci-fi/comedy made from the bland corporate DNA of Nickelodeon and the Disney Channel. It appears designed for families who never leave the mall. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
The real problem with this Aliens encounter is that it's patently a Nick at Night midweek movie that inadvertently got greenlighted for a big-screen opening. Read full review
30
L.A. WeeklyVadim Rizov
Cheap, shoddy, crass and depressing fun for the whole family -- by which I mean 8-year-old boys. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Hartlaub
Nowhere near as bad as "Coneheads," but still isn't worth your time. Read full review
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