They're so gosh-darn cute when planning to annihilate our species!
Call the exterminators, right?No, not this time. Only kids can defeats the evil. Okay, well, not evil. Or are they? We’re never really told. Only children are immune to the alien’s mind control zapper so they must stop the world from annihilation, and it’s up to Tom Pearson (Carter Jenkins) to rally his cousins and adorable sister to save the day.
The movie attempts themes. Heck, there are scads of themes, but not a single one manages to gel. There’s Tom and his wish to be accepted as normal despite the fact that he’s brilliant. Don’t forget the issue of dealing with a sister’s boyfriend and whether or not family or luuuuv is stronger. And then we have the tender melding of species as Hannah Pearson (Ashley Boettcher) makes nice with the rookie alien invader, Sparks voiced by Josh Peck (who’s voice changed from the preview, how weird is that?).
Your children will enjoy the “mind controlled boyfriend” fighting the “mind controlled Nana” but that’s about it. And you already saw it in the preview, didn’t you?
My greatest complaint about this film is the central plot of world domination. How are the aliens going to take over the world? Do they really want to? What’s their end game in all of this? You never really know and, frankly, don’t much care, but it’s annoying when the main thrust of the movie is ill defined.
Trust me. Aliens in the Attic can stay in the attic, right next to your broken roller blades and the Halloween decorations.
