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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe movie is awfully close to a video game with its own specific rules, but its characters are appealing and funny, "Aliens" doesn't have a mechanical feel that drags down most video-game movies.
- Perfectly calibrated for the pre-adolescent set, highlighting broad physical comedy and themes of kid empowerment and featuring one of the stars from "High School Musical."
- 67Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment WeeklyA pointless but ultimately harmless family adventure that doesn't mentally assault the 12-and-over set. (Extra points for being 100 percent fart-joke-free).
- 60VarietyJoe LeydonVarietyJoe LeydonPerformances are unremarkable but acceptable pretty much across the board, and the vocal talents -- particularly Thomas Haden Church as the belligerent Tazer and Josh Peck as the lovable Sparks -- are well cast.
- 42The A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonThe A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonLike those mild old Disney comedies of the ’60s and ’70s, it seems perfectly content with being a harmless distraction.
- Robert Hoffman as the boyfriend, who spends most of his time under the marionettelike control of either the aliens or the human children, provides the film's occasional funny moments.
- 38Boston GlobeTy BurrBoston GlobeTy BurrAliens in the Attic is conveyor-belt family product, an action/adventure/sci-fi/comedy made from the bland corporate DNA of Nickelodeon and the Disney Channel. It appears designed for families who never leave the mall.
- 30Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovThe real problem with this Aliens encounter is that it's patently a Nick at Night midweek movie that inadvertently got greenlighted for a big-screen opening.
- 30L.A. WeeklyL.A. WeeklyCheap, shoddy, crass and depressing fun for the whole family -- by which I mean 8-year-old boys.
- 25San Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubSan Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubNowhere near as bad as "Coneheads," but still isn't worth your time.