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Morons From Outer Space
1984
While an extraterrestrial space captain is refuelling at an intergalactic station, his companions play with the controls, starting the ship and causing it to crash into a nearby planet ... Earth! Read more
| Starring | Mel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones, James B. Sikking |
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| Director | Mike Hodges |
| Genres | Comedy |
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Critics' reviews (3)
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Moronic isn't the word! This lamentable lampoon starring Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones is a shambling spoof of 2001, Star Wars and Close Encounters, with little wit or wisdom on display. Directed by Mike Hodges, who really should have known better, the pathetic story concerns aliens from the planet Blob crash-landing on Earth and forming a glam-rock band. But the end result wouldn't have made the grade during the Oxbridge duo's student rag week. If sneezing in an astronaut suit, aliens mistaking a dustbin for a human and a spaceship trailing a caravan sound funny, then you may find this miserable farce on the cheap and cheerful side. Otherwise, alas Smith and Jones indeed.
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Spoofy comedy which, apart from staging a spectacular motorway landing and mocking various popular film genres, never decides where to go.
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This ineptly combines lamebrain comedy and sci-fi adventure, two of Hollywood's most popular genres of the last decade.... read more on Time Out
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Customer Review
I thorougly enjoyed everything I saw so far by Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones. So after finding out about Morons from Outer Space, I was really glad having found something new featuring the two. What a disappointment. None of the black humour their other works showed. It is only boring.
I usually watch a movie to the end even if I don't like it, but I could not force me to. What a disappointment! -
[Highly rated reviewer]
Nostalgic fun
I saw this in the cinema when I was a kid and loved it then. I was obsessed with Smith and Jones at the time, and it had Oz from Auf Weidersien Pet in it. What more could you ask for.
OK, it's your typical low budget Brit-Com, with jokes about sneezing in a space suit and way too many Monty Python-isms. But switch your brain to neutral, possibly add some beer, and just enjoy the supreme tackiness of it all. -
0 out of 1 person found this review helpful
morons from outer space
I was told this film was funny by someone I know, but failed to find to much to laugh about.
It may be its just not my cup of tea, have a butchers & see what you think! -
Most recent members' review
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0 out of 1 person found this review helpful
morons from outer space
I was told this film was funny by someone I know, but failed to find to much to laugh about.
It may be its just not my cup of tea, have a butchers & see what you think!
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Customer Review
I thorougly enjoyed everything I saw so far by Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones. So after finding out about Morons from Outer Space, I was really glad having found something new featuring the two. What a disappointment. None of the black humour their other works showed. It is only boring.
I usually watch a movie to the end even if I don't like it, but I could not force me to. What a disappointment! -
[Highly rated reviewer]
Nostalgic fun
I saw this in the cinema when I was a kid and loved it then. I was obsessed with Smith and Jones at the time, and it had Oz from Auf Weidersien Pet in it. What more could you ask for.
OK, it's your typical low budget Brit-Com, with jokes about sneezing in a space suit and way too many Monty Python-isms. But switch your brain to neutral, possibly add some beer, and just enjoy the supreme tackiness of it all. -
0 out of 1 person found this review helpful
morons from outer space
I was told this film was funny by someone I know, but failed to find to much to laugh about.
It may be its just not my cup of tea, have a butchers & see what you think! -
0 out of 1 person found this review helpful
not sure
i'm not sure what to say about this film whether i enjoyed it or not.
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Critics' reviews (3)
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Moronic isn't the word! This lamentable lampoon starring Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones is a shambling spoof of 2001, Star Wars and Close Encounters, with little wit or wisdom on display. Directed by Mike Hodges, who really should have known better, the pathetic story concerns aliens from the planet Blob crash-landing on Earth and forming a glam-rock band. But the end result wouldn't have made the grade during the Oxbridge duo's student rag week. If sneezing in an astronaut suit, aliens mistaking a dustbin for a human and a spaceship trailing a caravan sound funny, then you may find this miserable farce on the cheap and cheerful side. Otherwise, alas Smith and Jones indeed.
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Spoofy comedy which, apart from staging a spectacular motorway landing and mocking various popular film genres, never decides where to go.
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This ineptly combines lamebrain comedy and sci-fi adventure, two of Hollywood's most popular genres of the last decade.... read more on Time Out
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