Dan Aykroyd, David Duchovny, Julianne Moore
A firefighting cadet, two college professors, and a geeky-but-sexy government scientist work against an alien organism that has been rapidly evolving ever since its arrival on Earth inside a meteor.
DVD Release Date: December 26, 2001
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Stats: 7,930 reviews
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Flixster Reviews (7,930)
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June 29, 2009Dumb and fun with random casting. Has some good moments and is an interesting comedy but probably isn't funny after watching it multiple times.
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January 23, 2009We have already established that cakaw cakaw and touki-touki don't work.
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March 6, 2008Orlando Jones is not fully utilized here...he's hilarious and doesn't get the chance to prove himself
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November 5, 2009this was a fun movie..special effects were good and was entertained thru the whole viewing!
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October 30, 2009Just watched it cauz nothing else was on but Im glad I did.Very funny movie
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October 15, 2009Not bad, a pretty decent film. It had the potential to be better but was still pretty good.
Critic Reviews
June 8, 2001
David Edelstein, Slate
June 8, 2001
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
It's refried comic beans that smell stale and smack of desperation. full review
June 8, 2001
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
It's loud, silly and a bloated mess, but still twice as good as Pearl Harbor, because it puts you back on the street in half the time. full review
June 8, 2001
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Nowhere near as bad as most recent comedies; it has real laughs, but it misses real opportunities. full review
June 7, 2001
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
The movie itself evolves in reverse, starting life as a moderately clever grab bag of high-concept noodling and half-witty badinage before descending into the primordial ooze of explosions and elabora... full review
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April 11, 2007omg i love this film saving the world with head a shoulder like the best comedy made
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September 22, 2006A horror (ish) movie that can be enjoyed by the whole family. No it really can. Its great. Piss funny with boatloads of weirds creatures to shampoo!
Justins Best Bit: Being sucked into a giant, alien..........anus.
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