Sadly Over-hyped

Admirable film.

Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

Homesick, alcoholic, shape-shifting, telekinetic nervous humanoid alien Phil just wants to go back to his own planet after crashlanding his spaceship on our strange and hostile world. While stranded on Earth Phil has many bizarre adventures which include befriending an astute, sympathetic talking beaver (delightfully voiced by "SCTV" series vet Joe Flaherty), forming a Christian rock band (Phil levitates while singing on stage), and eluding several nefarious government agents wearing plush fur coats who want to use Phil for evil means.As the above plot synopsis implies, what we got here is one marvelously funny, eccentric and wholly original one-of-a-kind sci-fi comic oddity. Writer/director/star Rob Stefaniuk displays a singularly engaging and idiosyncratic tongue-in-cheek sensibility that's a true wacky treat to behold. The humor is extremely flaky and off-center, but totally inspired and often sidesplitting. Moreover, Phil makes for a peculiarly endearing fish-out-of-water protagonist who has a certain sweet innocence and clumsiness to him that's impossible to dislike. The uniformly excellent performances from the terrific cast qualifies as another substantial plus, with especially winning turns by Boyd Banks as a macho redneck hunter, Nicole de Boer as an icy, but alluring freelance hit lady, Graham Greene as a gruff, unfriendly bartender, and Bruce Hunter as a boozy, burnt-out bumbling special agent. The nifty special effects, John Kastner's funky score, D. Gregor Hagey's bright, crisp cinematography, and the groovy jammin' rock soundtrack further enhance the infectiously zany merriment of this fabulously flipped-out gem.

I saw this movie on the shelf at my local video store & it looked like a good choice for a "sit back & watch a silly comedy" rental. The movie starts off pretty good & some of the dialogue is pretty funny. But I noticed two things right off the back. #1: The music in the movie is so much louder than the dialogue, that I was constantly raising & lowering my volume. It was either "blow out my speakers" loud, or "mumble mumble" low. So, this was annoying. #2: The guy that played Phil was terrible. He's like Jaimie Kennedy without the talent. I see he was not only the main actor, but also writer & director. Which usually doesn't work to begin with. Like I said, I thought some of the dialogue was good & the directing was alright. If he had hired someone else to play Phil, it may have turned out a little better. It's a shame because most of the supporting actors stand out more than Phil. In fact, throw out the whole alien part of the story & it may have been a great movie. Well, that & the sound problems.As a plus though, the chick that played Ezri Dax on Deep Space Nine is in the film & she looks NICE!

This movie has got to be one of the worst I have ever seen make it to DVD!!! The story line might have clicked if the film had more funding and writers that would have cut the nonsense and sickly scenes that I highly caution parents on.... But the story line is like a loose cannon. If there was such a thing as a drive thru movie maker-this one would have sprung from that.It reminded me a lot of the quickie films that were put out in the 1960's, poor script writing and filming. The only sensible characters in the whole movie was the bartender and beaver. The rest of the film, could have easily been made by middle school children. I give this film a rating of 1 as it is truly awful and left my entire family with a sense of being cheated. My advice-Don't Watch It!!!

Future cult classic, low budget geniusness straight out of Canada. Stefaniuk is a proud man. This film is a delightful romp through the pristine wilderness of Ontario's remote northern locales. Blows "Aliens on Earth" films like MIB sky-high, showing yet again that exorbitant spending, weak special effects and lame dialog do not a glorious movie make. This movie is outrageously funny, and consistently so. Never once do you feel tired or bored throughout viewing, which by the way it stands up to several, unlike a vast majority of recent films. Writer/Director/Alien Stefaniuk elicits stunning performances from all of his great cast. There is nothing not to like about this film. I recommend it all costs. Easily a 5-star feature, deserves wider recognition. I truly believe Stefaniuk is a huge talent and will carve out an enviable legacy of film-making beauty.