takenzik1244 Although this is (kindly) a "B" movie, this is one of my top ten favorite films. Most comedies produce a smile or a chuckle, but very few (like this one and Mickey Blue Eyes) produce an lol. The scene where she learns about kissing, the one where she walks outside in her bathrobe, the wedding scene where she dashes out to unbury Bag, and the scene where she prepares breakfast are hilarious, and I laugh even though I've seen the movie a dozen times. My favorite line: "Oh, I'm never coming back" is one I have used many times with friends and family. I own this and I watch it whenever I am in need of a good laugh!

david-sarkies I have seen this movie numerous times and it does invite the occasional chuckle, but in essence there is nothing all that spectacular about it. A scientist, Dr Mills (Dan Akroyd) is trying to send a message to another star but a freak accident causes the signal to go to a nearby galaxy severely endangering a planet. So they send Celeste (Kim Bassinger) to Earth to find Dr Mills and have him send the signal again. What happens is that Celeste, while trying to pass off normally in Earth (read American) society falls in love with Dr Mills and marries him.The whole point of this movie is to show the pleasures of this world and make us feel happy that we have these pleasures. The aliens have removed all form of pleasure and have become an long lived scientific race. They have no experience of sex, kissing, or even eating a sandwich. This, so the movie says, is what makes Earth a beautiful place. The movie though focuses mostly on the beautiful aspects of Earth, and I do agree that the pleasures that we have is what makes life enjoyable, but it excludes the pain that comes with these pleasures, the pain that keeps our focus away from indulging in the pleasures of Earth and remembering that which comes in heaven (and this is explored more in Shadowlands).As this is an American movie, the pleasures are sort of American, but this movie does not have the ideas of freedom and liberty that American movies try to push, but rather is digs deeper into the base pleasures: sex, food, and laughter. These pleasures are the same no matter what culture you are in. Unfortunately, people do consider such pleasures as distracting from spiritual enlightenment, but the truth is we have these pleasures to make life beautiful, and all of these pleasures were given to us long before the fall of humanity.

capone666 My Stepmother Is an AlienEvery kid thinks their dad's new wife is an alien - a buxom blonde alien that graduated from their high school last year.However, in the case of this sci-fi/comedy, all concerns of step-parental unearthliness are valid.When Steven's (Dan Aykroyd) experiment involving transmitting radio waves into space disrupts an alien planets atmosphere, an envoy, Celeste (Kim Basinger), is dispatched to investigate the potential threat.On Earth, she takes on the guise of a shapely female, who the recently widowed scientist takes an instant shine to.However, Celeste's unorthodox behaviour causes Steven's daughter (Alyson Hannigan) to question her new mother's origins.Meanwhile, Celeste's human experiences cause her to question her planet's imminent invasion.Though marred by hokey effects, a hackneyed script and cornball performances, My Stepmother Is an Alien does have a generous dose of kitschy 80s charm.Incidentally, an extraterrestrial/human marriage involves way fewer appendages than a polyamory one. (Yellow Light)vidiotreviews.blogspot.ca

annevejb Update at November 2008 The title is so perfect for this particular Buffy – Pie fan.Viewing this feature by the standards of the best Science Fiction and Giddy Fiction in the 2000's will show this to be flawed, but I do not love this just for itself.This is dated 1988 and by the standards of SF features of around 1960 it is actually awesome. I do not know how much of that early stuff I could still watch today. I can watch and enjoy this.Alyson is often the flaw in this feature, but is also occasionally a gem. Both of those sides occur in Buffy, along with some other facets, but with the flaws a lot less dominant. In that context I find even the flaws to be optimistic. Hannigan has matured so much.This is a starting point in a big role. Alyson, age 14ish, is clearly Alyson in both this and Buffy, that is until Black Willow took over.I had understood the Buffy unaired pilot to be essential, but checking detail on that it is more a rough of part of season 1 episode 1, more a historian sort of thing. This, Alyson 2 by the filmography that I have seen, is a few notches above that level. There are hidden puzzles such as the second date, but there is more, as if reality noticed this feature and blatantly paid homage.Alyson 1 is Impure Thoughts, 1985 or 1986 depending on the measure. AH is around age 11 and has a really small role. To me it is okay, but anyone who did not have a Catholic education might find it to be the opposite of essential viewing as regards Buffy background.