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Spaced Invaders

Play trailer Poster for Spaced Invaders PG,  1990,  1h 40m,  Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 9% 11 Reviews Tomatometer 51% 5,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
9% Tomatometer 11 Reviews 51% Popcornmeter 5,000+ Ratings
Believing they're supposed to invade Earth, goofy little green Martians land in Illinois on Halloween.

Critics Reviews

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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Jan 1, 2000
1.5/4
Maybe I've lost touch with silly, brainless entertainments like this. Let's hope so: One of the purposes of growing up and getting an education is to learn why movies like Spaced Invaders are a waste of time. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Aug 11, 2005
2/5
Greg Maki Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) Jan 18, 2004
2/5
Gerry Shamray Your Movies (cleveland.com) Dec 4, 2002
1/5
Painful sci-fi comedy. Go to Full Review
Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Oct 15, 2002
2/5
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Kylo P Dec 17, 2018 "Prepare to die Earth scum!" A wacky family comedy, Spaced Invaders is kind of fun but is a little too slap-sticky for most audiences. After misinterpreting an old rebroadcast of Orson Welles' War of the Worlds radio drama on Halloween a Martian spaceship comes to Earth to join the invasion. It's actually a rather clever setup, ripe for a fish-out-of-water comedy. But the writing is really bad; the Martians are constantly doing Three Stooges-ish routines and making lame jokes. And the puppet work on the Martians (specifically the mouth and facial movements) isn't very good. Still, the creature designs have a retro '50s sci-fi sort of charm and some of the humor works. Yet while it delivers a few laughs, overall Spaced Invaders is a poorly made and incredibly corny kids' film. See more
Albus S Oct 14, 2017 This is a wonderful family classic. Don't let the cynical critics keep you from enjoying some good corny fun!
Abraham S Feb 26, 2017 This is a movie that is exactly what it is trying to be; a cute and silly parody with a good-natured feel.
George W Feb 22, 2008 Movie is fun and campy a romping good time.. who cares what critics think
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Movie Info

Synopsis Believing they're supposed to invade Earth, goofy little green Martians land in Illinois on Halloween.
Director
Patrick Read Johnson
Producer
Luigi Cingolani
Screenwriter
Patrick Read Johnson, Scott L Alexander
Production Co
Touchstone Pictures, Silver Screen Partners IV, Smart Egg Pictures
Rating
PG
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 27, 1990, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 1, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA)
$15.4M
Runtime
1h 40m
Sound Mix
Surround
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