Spaced Invaders (1990)

Just what I expected

It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

There was ONE funny line in this movie and that was when one of the little pip-squeak aliens addresses a human: "Prepare to die, Earth scum!". The rest of the movie sucked.Oftentimes, the renowned Idiots in Hollywood will have what looks like a 'can't miss' idea on their hands, but then end up blowing it in its execution. In short, the producers don't recognize what a gem they could have while the writers can't keep up and the project fails.Previews promised a funny movie, of course that is commonplace with the vast amount of dead-head writers Hollywood keeps employing who help push boring stuff like this film.Not a chuckle to be found for long stretches and ultimately a dud production from the start.

This movie isn't bad but there isn't much good about it either. I was very bored through this whole movie. There is nothing really wrong with it as a family movie. There are decent effects and it is clean enough for the whole family to enjoy but the plot is very thin with some really unbelievable parts in the plot and at times it is pretty boring. The acting is also pretty bad in most of the film but again what do you expect for just a silly little film about little aliens landing in an Illinois town and then meeting up with children? Over all this movie is a decent enough waste of time but I would say wait until it is on TV since it's not worth going out to rent or buy it.

Stupid aliens over-hear a rebroadcast of Orson Welles' "War of the Worlds" reading and decide they want to get in on the action of attacking Earth. Naturally the crew is not near as intelligent as they think and end up crashing their shuttle and being mistaken as trick-or-treaters on Halloween night by a town of inbred hay-seeds. Real eye-roller material here as cheap special effects and would-be lovable extra-terrestrials were to bring people into the theater in droves. Instead everyone ignored this dud and let the film quietly crash into cinematic obscurity. Turkey (0 stars out of 5).

"Spaced Invaders" is one of the funniest movies, I´ve ever seen. I don´t understand, why this movie didn´t get better critics, it´s funny, harmless and sweet. I first watched it, when I was 11, and I really fell in love with it... 2 days later, I got it on VHS :-P Till today, I´ve shown it to many friends, and they all liked it, but nobody knew the movie before. I think, that´s the problem, nearly nobody knows it, so nearly nobody can like it... This movie never got a real chance, that´s sad, "SI" has really the potential of a comedy like "Monsters Inc." or "Spaceballs". Ok, enough displeasure - What I really wanted to say, is that, if you ever want to laugh your head off, watch it! Even if you don´t get mad about it, it´s worth watching! --> Prepare to laugh, earth scum!