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mackski

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I liked this movie a lot more than I thought I would. David Duchovny is actually able to pull off funnish. Gotta love the ending when the stupid kids figure out how to deal with the aliens. A pretty solid comedy that I can easily recommend to...
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I liked this movie a lot more than I thought I would. David Duchovny is actually able to pull off funnish. Gotta love the ending when the stupid kids figure out how to deal with the aliens. A pretty solid comedy that I can easily recommend to anyone.

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Posted may 10, 2009 11:40 am pt

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This movie is like a cross between Ghostbusters and Men In Black, with a little bit of X-Files thrown in for David Duchovny fans (which includes myself). It starts out with two college professors (Duchovny and that guy from the hilarious 7-Up...
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This movie is like a cross between Ghostbusters and Men In Black, with a little bit of X-Files thrown in for David Duchovny fans (which includes myself). It starts out with two college professors (Duchovny and that guy from the hilarious 7-Up commercials who I can't remember his name) discovering the site of a meteor crashing in the desert. Inside the created cave they find alien organisms that evolve incredibly fast, taking mere hours or days to evolve what would normally take millions of years. As these aliens get increasingly large and dangerous, naturally developing their own ecosystem in the cave, the government inevidibly gets involved, booting out the professors and eventually learning that their control over the aliens is quickly diminishing. Most of the rest of the story is pretty predictable, although the cast and imaginative design of some of the creatures keeps the story going. One thing I didn't like is the fact that most of the comedy in this movie is rather slapstick and at times just plain stupid, such as making the heroine a scientist who is quite clumsy and a bit ditzy (quite a contrast from her portrayal of Agent Clarice Starling in Hannibal). A rather disappointing ending boss creature doesn't help either. Some of the comedy and the acting is good, though, including a cameo appearance by Dan Akroyd as the city mayor. I enjoyed David Duchovny's talk of scientific anomalies and extraterrestrial life. I kept expecting to see Agent Scully come into the room and try to rationalize what was happening with one of her typical lengthy scientific speeches. Although not as good as I hoped it would be, I still enjoyed it due to my David Duchovny/X-Files loyalty. If you liked Ghostbusters, Men In Black, or the previously mentioned TV show, give it a look.

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Posted feb 13, 2008 7:44 am pt

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"I've seen this movie." "The Black dude dies first."

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Posted may 10, 2007 10:21 pm pt

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This movie is good fun. They took a questionable movie premise, but intentionally making it funny the scored a hit. There's a great cast and the effects are well done. There are inside jokes and refferences to other sci-fi and horror films that...
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This movie is good fun. They took a questionable movie premise, but intentionally making it funny the scored a hit. There's a great cast and the effects are well done. There are inside jokes and refferences to other sci-fi and horror films that fans of the genre will enjoy. Not a classic but if you want an enjoyable film this is well worth the watch!

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Posted apr 1, 2007 5:11 am pt

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Five words: "There's always time for lubricant!!!"

Watch or Die, mortal.

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Posted mar 2, 2007 10:06 pm pt

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Has it really been 6 years! Where does time go. This was a brilliant movie which I haven't seen it years but I plan to.

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Posted feb 1, 2007 6:07 pm pt

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I do not understand why people did not like this movie. I think that the movie was very original and the whole "Evolution" thing was really, really great. This movie really make me laugh, and the end was priceless. They defeat the...
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I do not understand why people did not like this movie. I think that the movie was very original and the whole "Evolution" thing was really, really great. This movie really make me laugh, and the end was priceless. They defeat the terrible aliens that absorb fire with... head & shoulders!!!

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Posted jan 4, 2007 2:59 pm pt

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I thought this was a really good alien movie. I found it funny and it had an amazing cast. Its probably not one of the all time greatest, but its worth taking a look.

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Posted jan 3, 2007 5:48 am pt

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Nice CG but nothing else..

The movie is quite awful if you really want to know. The only good thing about it is the computer graphics that are pretty good. It doesn't have anything good except that.

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Posted dec 29, 2006 1:43 pm pt

• [+] Entertainment Weekly
  
  75
  Visually witty and even marvelous when it comes to depicting the spectacular creatures evolving at a speed previously known only in the Bible.

  by Lisa Schwarzbaum | Read Full Review »
• [+] Christian Science Monitor
  
  75
  This unevenly paced comedy is an amusing parody of monster movies from "Them!" to "Alien."

  by David Sterritt | Read Full Review »
• [+] Variety
  
  70
  A consistently amusing action romp.

  by Todd McCarthy | Read Full Review »
• [+] New York Post
  
  63
  Somewhat refreshingly aspiring to be nothing more than a disposable summer popcorn movie, this is a flick that delivers more smiles than laughs and has some wonderful special effects.

  by Lou Lumenick | Read Full Review »
• [+] USA Today
  
  63
  Instead of scoring belly laughs, there's a run on randy guy banter between Duchovny and Jones.

  by Susan Wloszczyna | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Sun-Times
  
  63
  It's not good, but it's nowhere near as bad as most recent comedies; it has real laughs, but it misses real opportunities.

  by Roger Ebert | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Tribune
  
  63
  This is "Ghostbusters" meets "Men in Black" meets a whole lot of butt humor.

  by Mark Caro | Read Full Review »
• [+] Boston Globe
  
  63
  It's a ponderous but not unenjoyable comedy.

  by Jay Carr | Read Full Review »
• [+] New York Daily News
  
  63
  Half a barrel of laughs. The other half is made of slime.

  by Jami Bernard | Read Full Review »
• [+] Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  
  58
  There are a handful of funny moments, and the top end of the cast comes off rather well. Duchovny has some of that same easygoing likability that made Glenn Ford one of the biggest stars of the '50s.

  by William Arnold | Read Full Review »
• [+] The New York Times
  
  50
  The movie itself evolves in reverse, starting life as a moderately clever grab bag of high-concept noodling and half-witty badinage before descending into the primordial ooze of explosions and elaborate lower- intestinal gags.

  by Dana Stevens | Read Full Review »
• [+] Wall Street Journal
  
  50
  The special effects are variable, but even when they're good they don't have much impact because Evolution, with its self-trashing spirit, turns moviegoers into bemused bysitters.

  by Joe Morgenstern | Read Full Review »
• [+] LA Weekly
  
  50
  Amiably goofy, but it isn't especially funny.

  by Manohla Dargis | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Reader
  
  50
  Demands to be treated with conviction as parody if not as science fiction.

  by Lisa Alspector | Read Full Review »
• [+] Slate
  
  50
  I laughed -- but mostly to keep from getting depressed about the devolution of mainstream movies.

  by David Edelstein | Read Full Review »