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Evolution (2001)

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Reviews Counted:130

Fresh:54

Rotten:76

Average Rating:4.9/10

Consensus: Director Reitman tries to remake Ghostbusters, but his efforts are largely unsuccessful because the movie has too many comedic misfires.

Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Director Ivan Reitman (GHOSTBUSTERS, STRIPES, DAVE) turns from ghosts to aliens in this comedy starring David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, and Julianne Moore. When a meteor crashes into the Arizona... Director Ivan Reitman (GHOSTBUSTERS, STRIPES, DAVE) turns from ghosts to aliens in this comedy starring David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, and Julianne Moore. When a meteor crashes into the Arizona desert, local community college professors Ira Kane (Duchovny) and Harry Block (Jones) are shocked to discover that it has introduced rapidly evolving aliens to Earth. Although the professors try to keep their discovery a secret, the U.S. military takes over the investigation, sealing off the fantastic creatures and the environment that the aliens have established. But when aliens start popping up on nearby golf courses and in the local mall, it's up to Kane and Block to save the world. With a little help from Allison Reed (Julianne Moore), a clumsy scientist with the Center for Disease Control, and Wayne Green (Seann William Scott), a dim-witted country club pool manager and fireman-wannabe, the two professors devise a plan using an unlikely weapon to kill the alien population before it wipes out the human race. Fittingly, former Ghostbuster Dan Aykroyd appears as the governor of Arizona. [More]

Starring: David Duchovny, Julianne Moore, Seann William Scott, Orlando Jones

Starring: David Duchovny, Julianne Moore, Seann William Scott, Orlando Jones, Dan Aykroyd, Richard Moll, Sarah Silverman, Ted Levine, Ty Burrell

Director: Ivan Reitman

Director: Ivan Reitman
Screenwriter: David Weissman, David Diamond
Producer: Daniel Goldberg, Joe Medjuck, Don Jakoby, Jeff Apple, David Rodgers
Composer: John Powell
Studio: DreamWorks Distribution LLC

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It is deeply boring, blindly paced, and humiliating for me, who had nothing to do with it.

Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | comment Comment
10/27/01
Walter Chaw
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central

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Full Review Source: Dark Horizons | comment Comment
10/26/01
Garth Franklin
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons

Two decades ago, this would have been a great movie. Now, it's just another round of leftovers.

Full Review Source: Flipside Movie Emporium | comment Comment
10/24/01
Rob Vaux
Rob Vaux
Flipside Movie Emporium

It won't make as much money as the Will Smith blockbuster, but it's a much better movie: less arrogant, less enamored with its special effects, and infinitely more clever.

Full Review Source: Film Blather | comment Comment
07/14/01
Eugene Novikov
Eugene Novikov
Film Blather

This alien comedy is able to compensate for lack of originality through easy-going charm.

Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | comment Comment
07/06/01
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com
N/R

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06/25/01
Barrett Hooper
Barrett Hooper
eye WEEKLY

Anyone with a fondness for those cheesy '50s sci-fi thrillers about mutant invaders from outer space should be amused by Evolution.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
06/25/01
Kevin Lally
Kevin Lally
Film Journal International

enjoyable, but uneven

Full Review Source: Q Network Film Desk | comment Comment
06/25/01
James Kendrick
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk

Look! Up on the screen! It's a bird! It's a-plain! It's super-lamebrain, man!

Full Review Source: Nitrate Online | comment Comment
06/20/01
Elias Savada
Elias Savada
Nitrate Online
N/R

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06/15/01
Tobias Peterson
Tobias Peterson
PopMatters
N/R

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06/14/01
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Seems to have been made without a writer.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
06/12/01
J. Hoberman
J. Hoberman
Village Voice

The special effects are good, but the rest of the movie has an amateurish look to it, sort of like a very expensive home movie.

Full Review Source: Laramie Movie Scope | comment Comment
06/12/01
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

Now here's a summer rerun that's worth leaving home to watch.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Examiner | comment Comment
06/11/01
Joe Leydon
Joe Leydon
San Francisco Examiner

Saddled with a listless, haphazard script ... that's little more than a concept and doesn't bother to hang together.

Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
06/11/01
Jim Lane
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review

It would seem that some humor has not evolved in the last 17 years.

Full Review Source: 3BlackChicks Review | comment Comment
06/11/01
Kamal  'The Diva' Larsuel
Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel
3BlackChicks Review

This is a movie that never should have crawled out of its primordial slime.

Full Review Source: MovieJuice! | comment Comment
06/11/01
Mark Ramsey
Mark Ramsey
MovieJuice!

As lifeless a comedy as you're likely to find this summer.

Full Review Source: Journal News (Westchester, NY) | comment Comment
06/11/01
Marshall Fine
Marshall Fine
Journal News (Westchester, NY)

Neither the sci-fi nor the comedy are strong enough to sustain the movie.

Full Review Source: Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies | comment Comment
06/11/01
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

It's a good, goofy time at the movies.

Full Review Source: Aisle Seat | comment Comment
06/10/01
Mike McGranaghan
Mike McGranaghan
Aisle Seat
 
 
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Latest News for Evolution

April 27, 2007: Sarah Silverman to Host MTV Movie Awards
She might not be all that big of a movie star, but I bet most of you will still be pretty psyched to learn that comic Sarah Silverman will be hosting this year's MTV Movie... More...

May 26, 2006: Trailer Bulletin: My Super-Ex Girlfriend
Offer me a cast that includes Luke Wilson, Uma Thurman, Anna Faris, Wanda Sykes, Eddie Izzard, and Rainn Wilson ... and that's a comedy I want to see. Then throw legendary... More...

August 30, 2005: "Super Ex" Signs Two More Funny Folks
We've already reported that Ivan Reitman's "Super Ex" will star Uma Thurman as a superheroine and Luke Wilson as her ex-boyfriend, but The Hollywood Reporter brings... More...

June 16, 2005: Luke Wilson to Headline High Concept "Super Ex"
The Hollywood Reporter informs us that likable lug Luke Wilson ("The Wendell Baker Story") is in final negotiations to star in Ivan Reitman's "Super Ex."... More...

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