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Sci Fi Focus > Encyclopedia > Morons from Outer Space
Our Rating: 2 out of 5
In a nutshell:
British science fiction comedy - with not enough laughs.
Plot Synopsis (may include spoilers):
Three idiotic aliens crash land their rented spaceship in England and become media celebrities. The fourth member of their party gets separated, lands in America, and is put in a mental asylum.
Best Bits:
- Talented cast of British actors/comedians (but under utilized)
Worst Bits:
- Not funny enough
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Morons from Outer Space
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 | Featuring Joanne Pearce, Paul Bown & Dinsdale Landen MGM (Video & DVD) Released: 2001-11-20 DVD Description: Sci-fi meets hilarity in this wildly adventurous comedy that goes where no man—or moron—has gone before. We can now safely conclude that there is no intelligent life in space. Four holiday travelers from the planet Blob have somehow lost control of their rented spaceship and crash-landed on Earth. At first, the military and scientific teams assume they are higher life forms. But not for long. Idiocy is hard to hide. The stranded wayfarers are complete morons, content to drink their green beer, sing ear-splitting pop songs and talk to trash cans, which they assume are the planet's leaders. But not until an enterprising journalist decides to market their dazed innocence and turn them into glitzy superstars do they find their true mission to Earth. With amusing parodies of famous film classics like Close Encounters of the Third Kind and warp-speed laughs, this is one screwball comedy that's out of this world. List Price: $3.98* Lowest New Price: $0.99* Lowest Used Price: $0.50* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 12:01 Pacific 10 Feb 2012 More Info) Buy It Now |
 | Directed by Albert Pyun Featuring Mel Smith, Kathy Ireland & Richard Haines MGM Released: 2005-06-07 DVD Product Description: Features include: •MPAA Rating: PG •Format: DVD •Runtime: 177 minutes List Price: $9.98* Lowest New Price: $1.74* Lowest Used Price: $0.90* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 12:01 Pacific 10 Feb 2012 More Info) Buy It Now |
![Morons From Outer Space [VHS]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71YV07ZV1EL._SL160_.gif) | Featuring Joanne Pearce, Paul Bown & Dinsdale Landen MGM (Video & DVD) Released: 1998-09-01 VHS Tape Amazon.com: A trio of very dense aliens abandons their equally dimwitted pal Bernard (coscripter Mel Smith) and crashes their rented spacecraft in England, where they become pop media icons under the guiding hand of a disgruntled television employee (coscripter Griff Rhys Jones). Bernard eventually finds his way to America, where his claims of interplanetary pedigree land him in an asylum. This satire of science fiction and societal quirks from British television comics Smith and Jones and director Mike Hodges (Croupier) generates its biggest laughs early, when the hapless trio is pitted against the British and American military (James B. Sikking appears briefly as a trigger-happy Yank officer). The remainder quickly dissipates into generic slapstick and feeble pokes at media hype, though Smith and fellow U.K. performer Jimmy Nail (as beer-guzzling spaceman Dez) have some strong individual moments. Smith later directed such films as Bean (1997) and High Heels and Low Lifes (2001). --Paul Gaita List Price: $14.95* Lowest New Price: $0.79* Lowest Used Price: $5.94* Usually ships in 1-2 business days* *(As of 12:01 Pacific 10 Feb 2012 More Info) Buy It Now |
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