Aliens in the Attic (2009)

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

My kids and I really enjoyed this movie. We've probably watched it 6 or 7 times. It still makes us laugh. I decided to rate it since it had such bad ratings. When you have children you really look at kid movies differently. Children like to watch movies again and again. So you have to hope it's something you don't mind watching. Some of the movies are so boring or they have parents dying or are just scary. This movie was just fun. I can't believe people are expecting a logical plot from this type of movie.The child actors in this movie all do a great job. The aliens are goofy and silly. The teenage sister and her boyfriend are annoying. But that's okay. The writing is okay. The parents are as dumb as parents usually are in this type of movie. Nana is hilarious.

I only write this review because I see all the hate for it on IMDb. Really what were people expecting from it? It was *supposed* to mindless fun!I watched this when it came out on theaters with my cousins. Two of us were older (in our late teens) and the other two were in their preteens, and we had a really good time. It was perfect bonding time because this film was about a bunch of cousins!Sure it had all the kid-movie clichés (e.g. grown ups are too dumb to realize anything is wrong), but it was fun, it was genuinely funny, and for a movie called "Aliens in the Attic" it had a surprising amount of character development. All the kids grew as characters throughout the movie and even the aliens had some character growth! Nothing deep, yes, but I was surprised that it was even there!Besides, when else will we get to see Raymond's mom kick some alien ***?

I've recently seen a series of poor productions for kids, so I know for a fact this one is better than many others. The characters are well written and the actors do their job well, both the young ones and the older ones. The story has huge plot holes, just one example is the language the aliens speak, they seem to have trouble with English but on the other hand they speak it among themselves. There're more such goofs but I can't specify without adding spoilers, so I'll just say, that despite this fact, since the characters themselves are real and convincing, the whole thing does work, it's quick enough for the viewers not to notice these inconsistencies and it is funny and exciting. All together - not a bad viewing

I watched this on the insistence of my two young sons. Having checked out IMDb prior to watching it I wasn't expecting anything other than a bog standard kids film.It quickly became clear however that this film had a highly likable cast and was a cut above usual family films. The storyline is familiar and kind of predictable but the cast are obviously enjoying themselves and this comes through strongly throughout the film.Where this film works is that it is actually funny for both kids and adults. It is fairly predictable but thats not really a negative for me in family films. Both my sons who are under 7 loved it and I must say so did I.Quite why it is rated so lowly is beyond me.