Extraterrestrial is a comedy dropped agreeably into an alien invasion - well, maybe not invasion. The spaceship just sits there.
Extraterrestrial(Extraterrestre)
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Spain · 2011
1h 30m
Director Nacho Vigalondo
Starring Julián Villagrán, Michelle Jenner, Raúl Cimas, Carlos Areces
Genre Comedy, Science Fiction
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Aliens have come down to earth, and for Julio, it's at the most inconvenient time possible: the morning after a one-night stand. Stuck in a near-stranger's apartment indefinitely, Julio must deal with one awkward situation after another-- all while a flying saucer hovers overhead.
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Results are offbeat and amusing, but also a bit thin as the whole essentially amounts to one long shaggy-dog joke.
Extraterrestrial can be forgiven the tangents into melodrama due to Vigalondo's seamless ability to navigate those soapy waters.
The New York Times by Jeannette Catsoulis
Alien invasion is just an excuse for romantic farce in Extraterrestrial, a tiresome roundelay of lies, lust and leaping paranoia.
New York Daily News by Joe Neumaier
Quirky, but infinitely more interesting than big-budget Hollywood cousins.
Austin Chronicle by Marjorie Baumgarten
On the whole, Extraterrestrial is slight, filled with lots of bark but little bite.
There's a solid framework in place here for a fun, original twist on a conventional science-fiction premise, but aside from the occasional quirky touch - Vigalondo fails to fill that frame with a picture worthy of it.
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