A whimsical UFO softie is the best friend for an American boy

Rating: 3/10 (6 March 2007)

This movie is a turkey for a number of reasons.
Reason No.1 Alien topic is not a childish one. Here the movie is a piece of supposed family-oriented entertainment, a kind of "soft" sci-fi, which in most cases sucks. For children this piece of entertainment is harmful (it makes kids believe in a kind E.T. and other scum), while for grown-ups this film is simply flat.
Reason No.2 This movie did not make me laugh or smile, did not make me fear or think, did not entertain me - it just dragged on for an hour and a half. Could not believe my eyes and ears later on when famous men were expressing their adoration before this flick and considered it to be the best of the best.
Reason No.3 The idea of friendship between a child and an alien can be quite well executed but in this movie it just does not work. The extraterrestrial looks stupid and goofy while the child is a run-of-the-mill boy. There is no chemistry to amaze. A helpless wretched alien, who "lost" his parents? Fie! Come on, give me "Predator" to enjoy.
Reason No.4 Lack of interesting fresh ideas. Oh, yes, there is a bicycle flying against the dark sky with moon as a background. It's still being remade and remixed here and there on TV. Big ...deal.
There is a very low-end and cheap British movie "Xtro", which is superior in each and every point mentioned above. The child who played Tony there was to be nominated for an Oscar, the aliens were real bad, and the chemistry between the child and his "altered" father was grotesque.
Agree or not, but "E.T." is too soft and too boring, in my humble opinion.
While there still should be something good about this movie, which slips my mind, here go a few points to be more objective.
Verdict: a very soft pathetic American sc-fi of "3 out of 10" kind. Thanks for attention.