Rating: PG
Genre:
Children's/Family
Theatrical Release: 07/31/2009(USA)
Release Date: 11/03/2009
SubTitles: English/Espanol/Por/Cantonese/TH
Dubbed: English/Espanol/French
Sound: DHMA/DD5.1
Run Time: 86 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Mild Language
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox
A group of kids defend their Maine vacation home from knee-high alien invaders in this
adventure comedy for the entire family. When Michigan native
Bethany Pearson (
Ashley Tisdale) arrives home after a secret outing with her boyfriend (
Robert Hoffman), her father,
Stuart (
Kevin Nealon), decides that it's high time for a family vacation. Packing up the car with wife
Hannah (
Ashley Boettcher), teenage son
Tom (
Carter Jenkins), and big sister
Bethany in tow,
Stuart invites the extended family to join them at the vacation home for some much-needed R&R and sets his sights on Maine. Much to
Tom's dismay,
Bethany's stuck-up boyfriend,
Ricky (
Hoffman), even manages to wrangle an overnight visit. Shortly after the Pearsons arrive at their sprawling summer home, however, things start to get strange. As dark clouds start to swirl overhead, four glowing objects blast through the sky on a collision course with the Pearsons' roof. But these aren't your typical meteors, because inside dwells tough-talking alien commander
Skip, muscle-bound weapons specialist
Tazer, lethal female
Razor, and geeky four-armed techie
Sparks. Before long, the aliens have taken
Ricky over via a powerful mind-control device, and announced their intentions to claim Earth for the "Zirkonians." While the adults are completely oblivious to the extraterrestrial threat, the kids fight to save the planet with a little help from
Sparks, the alien tech-specialist and one nonhostile invader.
John Schultz directs a script penned by British scribe
Mark Burton (
Wallace & Gromit).
~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
;)
