Brian T. Whitlock (GOWBTW) Nobody likes it when a woman is scorned. Unfaithful spouses, beware! I seen unfaithful husbands. The consequences of the matter is extreme. An angry wife is bad. An angry wife who is 50 feet tall is WORSE! In the remake of the 1958 classic fim, "Attack of the 50 Foot Woman", this one has a feminist movement to it. Here you have an heiress who is in a very unhappy marriage. Her husband (Daniel Baldwin) has a mistress on the side, and her father is using the Money to control the town. Since Nancy(Darryl Hannah) is being controlled by her father and husband, she can't express her displeasure at any means. When that fateful night came when she encountered a UFO, her whole life changes for the better. Since she couldn't convince anyone at first about the strange encounter, she and her go to the spot and gets taken by the saucer. That night she experience a BIG CHANGE! Her father and husband see it, and so does the rest of the town. It was nice to see snippets of the original movie, and it was big message sender. Equally important to everyone deserves a chance in life. If I was married, I would treat my wife like a queen. If I was a father, I would treat my daughter like a princess. Don't be like Harry, he has got a lot of growing up to do. I mean literally. The other husbands see that he deserves an attitude adjustment. See the original, and be the judge of that. Darryl Hannah is indeed one sexy giantess. 3 out of 5 stars. Sex appeal

leplatypus If there was a Top-ten of movies that are hidden gems, this movie ought to be on this. Really, what do you expect from a movie about a giant woman. Fun surely and a good laugh because you will think that there are really people who have time and money to waste! Nevertheless, I find this movie as an actual brilliant call for feminism. It's subtle but the message is clearly heard and that's good when movies help to make a better world.Take the giant woman: why is she so tall? For the idiots, it's because aliens have abducted her. For others, her height is the necessary sign to end male superiority and advance women rights.Why do you have the usual babe? For the sex addicts, it's because sex sells and it's true that the babe is sexy. But she studies and wants to build her own life and shows the world that you can trust a woman! And we can add the police woman who is also asserting herself against man values! With this light movie, it's an interesting way to catch the attention of anyone and it would be a wrong choice to make exclusive social arguments only to intellectual (and often dull) movies.In addition, the movie is a great artistic work: with his bad frame, not bright colors, you really think you watch a movie that has been shot in the fifties. This feeling is actually well played because you can find as many modern objects (the copters) than 50's ones (the police car). The beginning of the movie with his two introductions recalls me the exact mood of those old science fiction movies I watched in my childhoods ("Ants", "The Fly").As it is science fiction, it must also pass the test of the special effects and I think they are brilliant. The minimized stages are well crafted and don't look like puppets houses.Last words about the cast to conclude this review: The women are great and Daryl Hannah has always this kind softness about her. The Baldwinn brother is perfect because he looks and acts very like his brothers, that is to say big heads you want to slap!

TBJCSKCNRRQTreviews I haven't seen the original; I can imagine that it isn't as feminist as, or at least less overtly so than, this. Guest gets the tone, and this largely delivers what it promises. I know he can direct something hilarious, since I've seen Best in Show; this doesn't have the benefits of a cast full of proved comedic talent, and the writing is inferior, though not without chuckle-inducing moments. There are a couple of lines that are downright quotable. You probably know the plot already; Daniel Baldwin, a bastard merely by virtue of the fact that he's cheating on Darryl Hannah(even if the squeeze he found is also a sight for sore eyes), and several others (all male) talk down to her, and once she begins to grow in size, she attempts to exact vengeance upon them. The FX are cheesy, dated and obvious, and I would wager this was an intentional decision. This is both a spoof and an homage. There is brief suspense. The characters and acting aren't half bad. There is some sexuality(and eye-candy) and brief nudity in this. The DVD comes with a theatrical trailer. I recommend this to fans of the concept. 5/10

warnerclassic When Kill Bill was released, the cult icon and movie goddess label was not only attached to the gorgeous Uma Thurman but also her equally beautiful co-star Daryl Hannah. Having been off the Hollywood radar for some years, Hannah suddenly had everyone remembering just why she made such a big splash with Tom Hanks way back in 1984. In between Daryl had made some interesting movies, some more memorable than others. But for every high profile movie like Wall Street there was a Crazy People, for every Roxanne, there was a Grump Old Man. But Daryl kept on and in the wilderness years she made a movie that shouts out to the viewer by the title alone. Attack of the 50ft Woman tells the story of Nancy Archer, a woman who is constantly chasing after her philandering husband. One night, after finding him once more at a motel, she drives off into the night on a deserted road. But then a UFO appears and hits her with a light. When she tells people of her experience, no-one believes her, least of all her cheating husband, who hopes she might now be declared legally insane, or her father, who only loves her because of her stake in the family business. But soon something strange happens to Nancy, as she gets more angry she starts to grow. Soon she is fifty foot tall, and while she is physically huge, her patience is thin, especially with her cheating husband, and her money grabbing father… Attack of the 50ft Woman is a comedy that is straight from the handbook of 1950s sci-fi movies, with back projection and dialogue that feels totally from that spaced out genre. The performance by Daryl as the ever growing Nancy is well played, her attractiveness is not just in looks, you really do fall for her charms, even if her dumb husband can't. That "dumb husband" played by Daniel Baldwin, does well in what is a one dimensional role, the guy is a creep and he's never going to learn his lesson. Meanwhile even Frances Fisher appears as the local shrink, while William Windom is all high and mighty as Nancy's father whose only interest in life is the interest he's making at the bank. This movie is probably forever left in the archives of forgotten video, or, like General Zod and his companions in Superman, left to be locked away forever and drift endlessly in space. Only the galaxy I found a copy in was a place called e Bay. And when I played it I found a movie that is worthy due to the lovely Daryl, and the concept of a woman rising above her bullying men and teaching them manners the hard way. Attack of the 50ft Woman deserves to be seen, rent it, buy it, or just record of the TV. But do watch it, because you don't want to make Hannah mad