I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

I loved this show and was sad that it lasted only 2 seasons. The characters were fresh, funny and witty without being saccharine. The acting was superb and perfectly casted.

The Neighbors is another light-hearted, yet introspective show that seems to have missed the limelight due to poor promotion and network support. Very few shows can mix comedy and human nature without being preachy, "trying too hard", or requiring a lot of effort to understand obscure references. Because of this, The Neighbors ends up being a show that makes you tilt your head slightly, look toward the corner of the ceiling, and go "huh, I hadn't thought about it that way before", nearly as often as it makes you laugh out loud (which is a hard thing to accomplish in itself).I have instantly fallen in love with Toks Olagundoye -- she is an excellent actor with impeccable facial expressions. So often poor facial acting will ruin a scene and remove you from the situation at hand, but just as often an excellent actor such as Toks will being you just as much into the scene and make your feel all that more. Watch her other shows! She was in 22 episodes of Castle and a few episodes of Law and Order, and excellent in everyone one of them. I am looking forward to seeing her, as well as Simon Templeton and Tim Jo, being cast in more shows and movies.Perhaps my sense of humor just dones't match with the main-stream, because I find shows that rely completely on screaming and yelling to be irritating and unfunny. Shows like It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia are impossible to watch unless you've just chugged a few neon green sodas and bags of cheese poofs, which is why it's nice to have shows with average speech volumes, and one that relies on more than "setup-punchline-setup-punchline" repeated ad nauseam.Nevertheless, there could have been MUCH more buildup before the aliens are discovered, there could have easily been a few episodes as suspicions build up and weird things happen, so ditching that story line means a lot of wasted jokes, character building, and screen time. Thrusting the main story plot, especially one this large, into the first episode, then having non-linear following episodes is a bit outdated, even in 2012. I did find myself often rewriting episodes in my head as I watched them, some of the jokes were a little too quickly spouted out and could have been developed a bit more. Very good situations and the jokes were pretty good, but I just felt that everything could have been a little bit better.I believe I would normally rate this show a 7-8/10, but The Neighbors was good for another two seasons at least, and deserves a higher rating than it currently shows, which is why I give it a 9/10 instead.

The Neighbors - what a weak title for an extraterrestrials TV show.The first time watching it I though: "It is terrible!". But it also has something to make it enjoyable.The premise of "kind of stupid" aliens passing has humans is what makes this show attractive. So one stays on watching it hopping it would bring something more.The characters are linear. The situations most of the times are transparent. The acting can be really bad, major character's voices anoyingly pinchy and squeeze, weak screenplay. Inspite of this major errors, maybe because it is not supposed to be taken seriously, the show brings 20 minutes of fun. They say in their corny opening credits "30 minutes" but their math is obviously wrong.Special regards to the actors who played Amber and Jackie Joyner- Kersee. They where excellent (read this with the voice of Mr. Burns from the Simpsons).The developing romance between the human and the alien came to be the best part. Not credible at all are the children's characters. They are all Kids acting like know-it-all adults. None is normal. That gets very tiring to watch and it is annoying. Bad casting? Probably. I came to realize it was painful to hear and watch "Dick Butkus", witch is another untactful name for a kid's character.I never though The Neighbors would have a second season but it did and is far better than the first one. To ABC to have cancelled this is... well, its ABC. Be very careful when stepping on ABC ground. One should never start watching an ABC TV series before the 4rd or 5th season.

I didn't have any expectations going into this series, and it was a good thing too!This feels more like a dark comedy with a few laughs throughout the season and the only highlight of the cast, for me, was Toks Olagundoye as the alien mother, Jackie Joyner-Kersee.The show starts to become very repetitive in every episode. The humans doing their thing and then the aliens coming along and trying to incorporate themselves into human life, something goes awry but it all gets sorted out in the end.The best part of the whole series is a two minute bit in the season finale! That part is the only part worth a watch!!Kind of surprised it even got a second season. I wouldn't watch it again!