ALIENS IN THE ATTIC
Headline: ** Great Family Fun **
Title: ALIENS IN THE ATTIC
Quality: * * * Acceptability: +2
SUBTITLES: None
WARNING CODES:
Language: L
Violence: V
Sex: None
Nudity: None
RATING: PG
RELEASE: July 31, 2009
TIME: 93 minutes
STARRING: Ashley Tisdale, Kevin Nealon, Robert Hoffman, Austin Robert Butler, Andy Richter, Carter Jenkins, and Doris Roberts
DIRECTOR: John Schultz
PRODUCER: Barry Josephson
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Arnon Milchan and Marc S. Fischer
WRITERS: Mark Burton and Adam F. Goldbert
BASED ON THE NOVEL/PLAY BY: N/A
DISTRIBUTOR: 20th Century Fox/News Corp.
CONTENT: (BB, L, V, N, A, MM) Strong moral worldview of family being important though no mention of God even in "planet threatening" jeopardy; no obscenities but two profanities; comedic violence including paintball shooting including obvious "hit" to groin, teenager hits himself repeatedly, teenage boy falls from ladder, two teenagers fall from ladder, martial arts sequence between grandmother and teenager; no sexual scenes, no onscreen kissing and teenage girl asks boyfriend to "go slow"; upper male nudity of teenage boy and teenage girl in bikini; adults have wine and beer at dinner; no smoking; and, teenagers talking back to parents is rebuked, lying and hacking into a computer.
GENRE: Comedy/Science Fiction
INTENDED AUDIENCE: Older children to adults
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SUMMARY: ALIENS IN THE ATTIC is the story of two families visiting their vacation home, which is invaded by aliens, but only the teenagers can save the day and the planet. With lots of fun action, this very family-friendly movie has some slapstick violence and two profanities, but otherwise is a good film for the whole family.
IN BRIEF:
ALIENS IN THE ATTIC is about two families visiting their vacation home, which is invaded by aliens, but only the children can save the day. Two adult brothers, Stu and Nate, bring their families together for a fishing vacation. Five knee-high aliens arrive to unearth a hidden device that will enable them to take over the world. The device is buried beneath the vacation house. The aliens are able to shoot a dart into an adult and control them with a remote control, like in a video game. However, the darts don't affect anyone under 18; they only affect adults. This leaves the group of children and teenagers to defeat the mean aliens.
Despite a couple profanities, ALIENS IN THE ATTIC is a charming, delightful movie for the whole family. Although the children initially talk back to their parents, this problem is rebuked and later resolved. In fact, the children learn valuable lessons. One of the boys, Tom, learns it's okay to be a math wiz, even if that doesn't make him cool with other children at school. His big sister, Bethany, learns that having a boyfriend is not as important as family.
