Carter Jenkins, Austin Robert Butler, Ashley Tisdale

In Maine, a group of kids must protect their vacation home from invading aliens.

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PG, 1 hr. 26 min.

Directed by: John Schultz

Release Date: July 31, 2009

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DVD Release Date: November 3, 2009

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  • October 10, 2009
    Aliens in the Attic is a movie that entertains for maybe 30 minutes. After that time I think that it turns a little foolish, unreal and very childish. the movie tells the story of a very dysfunctional family that rent a house on the lake for their vacations, what they don't know ...( read more)is that the house is already habited by a group of aliens looking for a device to invade and conquer the Earth. The aliens can control the mind of adult people but not of teenagers and children, so it is the children of the family to protect their house, their family and the whole world. The story is very predictable, from the very beginning you can tell what is going to happen. The cast is good, the performances notthat much. I love the role of Doris Roberts as the Grandma, she is very funny, Kevin Nealon is also very food as the dad. I think that it is already time for Ashley Tisdale to leave behind the roles of the spoiled high school teenager and the kids were good enough specially the little girl Ashley Boettcher. In conclusion, Aliens in the Attic is an entertaining and enjoyable movie specially for kids, then if you don't have kids or you're not one avoid it or wait for it until its on dvd.
  • November 7, 2009
    Kids find themselves against aliens on their summer vacation. The movie is goofy and occasionally stupid. It's also surprisingly entertaining and I laughed more than I expected. The scenes where the kids get a hold of an alien remote that allow them to control the older sisters b...( read more)oyfriend are pretty funny.
  • August 20, 2009
    Goofy movie, wouldn't recommend it for more than a viewing on cable in a year or so. Andy Richter a total waste in this one - sorry Andy.
  • August 9, 2009
    Fun Family Film! Carter Jenkins plays the lead role as a smart but awkward teenager. His father is disappointed with him. He and his sister played by Ashley Tisdale clash over her boyfriend. But that all changes when aliens from outer space literally crash into the family vacatio...( read more)n home. If you have children under age ten...they will love this film. Unless you are a kid at heart...adults may feel they are watching some kids program on PBS. But I liked it!!
  • August 9, 2009
    A bit better than what I expected.

    This movie started off slow and just got better and better this movie as its laughs and there are sad moments.

    The ending and the effects were good but theres another movie I saw that was just above average.

    The acting was pretty good ...( read more)but the acting did have its weak bits it could of been a bit stronger but the acting could of been alot worsed.

    Also there was one bit when the effects weren't too good it was really hard to tell what was actually happening because of all these effects.

    Also I thought they could of made it more suitable for older children because it was a PG the problem with this movie was some scenes were a bit immature for older children.Children that are above the age of 13 but some of the scenes were a bit too scary for the younger children children around about the age of 7 or 8 I don't think this movie really new what to do to make it suitable for older children it was like im beetween an age group like.

    Overall this movie was really good it had some strong acting in parts it had a good twist just a bit slow at the begining.The ending was wonderful.The effects were pretty good but the effects got bad at one part but overall this movie was good so I'm definitly reccomending this to everyone the ending expecially was good and some great action.

    The targets I would give for this film are

    1.More suitable for older children.
    2.Stronger acting
    3.More of a twist at the begining
    4.Better effects throughout the film.

    Please see this movie soon!
  • December 5, 2009
    it's pretty cool, they have to fight d alien, only with the help of their family....
    kinda descent..
  • December 4, 2009
    Entertaining and fun for the under 8 crowd and yet still decent enough for the adults to sit through.
  • December 3, 2009
    exceeded my expectations
  • December 3, 2009
    buen es muy chistosa
  • December 2, 2009
    this was a nice movie

Critic Reviews


August 14, 2009
Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times

Very winsome and very long. full review

August 3, 2009
Ty Burr, Boston Globe

It appears designed for families who never leave the mall. full review

July 31, 2009
Pete Hammond, Boxoffice Magazine

There's nothing remotely original or inventive about this Sci-fi comedy in which Aliens bent on destroying the human race invade the Maine vacation home of an upper class suburban family, but the 8 ye... full review

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Comments


  • naumankp
    November 17, 2009
    I saw this with my Mom I thought it was okay despite it being a kids film.
  • sportboy
    October 26, 2009
    I saw it in cinemas it was better than what I expected.
  • Doodie58
    August 31, 2009
    I thought it looked really bad but when I saw it in the movies with my mate I was wetting my self laughing, I rekon this is the best film Ashley Tisdale has done even though the High School Musicals were a big sucsess they are not as popular as the were now. I thought it was a VERY VERY VERY good film (:
  • mahboool
    August 13, 2009
    This makes me dreaming. I like it .Dreams generally help us to survive and to appreciate the real one.
  • whitneyjo97
    January 21, 2009
    This looks like it's totally different from anything else Tisdale has done.

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