Coneheads

Coneheads (1993)

  • 36% of critics liked it
    (28 reviews)

  • 37% of users liked it
    (186,382 ratings)

"The Coneheads" were a sketch on the Saturday Night Live television show of the late '70s which were expanded to feature-length proportions with this film. The story concerns Beldar (Dan Aykroyd) and Prymaat (Jane Curtin), who leave the planet Remulak to prepare for an invasion of… More

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PG,
Directed By
Genres
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy
In Theaters
Jul 23, 1993 Wide
Paramount Vantage

Critic Reviews

  • Duane Byrge, Hollywood Reporter

    Can you inflate a gimmick-driven comedy skit into a full-fledged feature film? Up to a point.

  • Leonard Klady, Variety

    A sweet, funny anarchic pastiche that should find broad based popularity.

  • Janet Maslin, New York Times

    Coneheads falls flat about as often as it turns funny, and displays more amiability than style.

  • Desson Thomson, Washington Post

    A respectably funny -- but small -- effort, a reunion party best watched in your living room, while you consume mass quantities of pizza with extra molten lactate extract of hooved mammals.

  • Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

    This is a dismal, dreary and fairly desperate movie, in which the actors try very hard but are unable to overcome an uninspired screenplay.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Phil H


    SNL madness but oh what glorious madness this is with an epic cast of comedy greats and character actors...,Aykroyd, Spade, Farley, Lovitz, Hartman, Sandler, Griffin, Sinbad, Drew Carey, Tom Arnold, Whip Hubley, Posey, DeGeneres and Jane Curtain, quite the list there. The film itself… More

  • Universal D


    Granted, an SNL skit lampooning aliens trying to fit in stretched to the limit and beyond, but its still a guilty pleasure with loads of bit parts by a star studded cast. David Spade's suck-up bureaucratic underling nearly steals the show.

  • Jeff "


    Coneheads is mildly amusing here and there, unfortunately the script suffers from a good, engaging plot; therefore the film ends up being a mediocre comedy with unsatisfying results. Coneheads has a few laughs here and there, but for the most part, the result is uneven comedy that has… More

  • Eric A


    Weird that I like this movie, but as a kid I had bugged and bugged my parents to take me to see it cause I thought it was cool. I still hear about my nagging over this movie to this day! Coneheads is always gonna be memorable to me.

  • Spencer S


    True to the sketches, but wild in it's interpretation of the Hoem Planet. Chris Farley is dopey as ever, and just as cute.

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