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 enlarge | Director: Matthew Robbins
Actors: Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Frank Mcrae, Elizabeth Peņa, Michael Carmine
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
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Rating:  64 reviews
Sales Rank: 1817
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 106 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.7 x 0.7
MPN: MCAD20520D
ISBN: 0783232047
UPC: 025192052026
EAN: 9780783232041
ASIN: 0783232047
Theatrical Release Date: December 18, 1987
Release Date: March 16, 1999
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Product Description
Apartment block tenants seek the aid of alien mechanical life-forms to save their building from demolition. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 06/24/2008 Starring: Hume Cronyn Frank Mcrae Run time: 107 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Matthew Robbins
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Quite possibly the nadir of Steven Spielberg's career as a producer, this piece of sentimental junk from 1987 concerns five little spacecraft which arrive on Earth just in time to help out some New Yorkers getting kicked out of a tenement. The script's goo just sticks to the viewer, and the cast looks silly by trying not to be silly. You get the feeling that Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment was pretty much throwing stuff at the wall to see what would hang there, and they came up with this ridiculous thing. --Tom Keogh
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 Batteries not included November 13, 2008
Branady R. Roberson (Cincinnati,OH USA)
I really loved this movie. I first saw it when I was younger and always wanted to see it again as I got older. The movie gives you hope and makes you believe that when you ask for help you will get it.
Great movie and quality product...thanks !!! October 7, 2008
Luis M. Rodriguez Cruz (PR)
This is a great movie for adult and children with an special touch of love....thanks !!!
Enchanting movie September 26, 2008
F. Buwalda
As I told my kids about this movie I once saw about those cuddly little flying saucers, they were immediately keen to watch it. Seeing it for the second time after all these years, I enjoyed it even more than back then. Superficially, it is a well-constructed plot about the good guys and the bad guys, where the good guys get some unexpected help. Only the good guys are not the run-of-the-mill type young and good-looking heroes, but elderly and suffering from Alzheimer's disease, poor, a pregnant single mother to be, a mute ex-boxing champ, or a frustrated artist. Even the main bad-guy character is blessed with depth of character. Several subtle sub-plots turn the story into a sympathetic statement about human dignity. The superb acting of particularly Jessica Tandy adds a magical touch. The little UFO's were even better than I remembered. It must have been great fun to make this movie.
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Linda Lopez
Jessica Tandy reminded me of my Grandmother. It's a sweet movie that all will love.
 Good Light-hearted Fare. July 17, 2008
Skylark Thibedeau (Charlotte, NC USA, Terra, Solaris System, Milky Way Galaxy.)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This Movie tugs at my heart cause I had just become separated from my spouse when it came out and I didn't have enough money to pay the electricity but I had a movie voucher for the theater up the street so I was able to retreat there for a few hours of Peace on a snowy day in Memphis.
This was a fine film with the great husband wife team of Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy. Miss Tandy plays a woman beset by alzheimers and Mr. Cronyn is her set upon husband who tries to keep them in their home of 40 years as a unscrupulous developer tries to tear the building down to build a yuppie haven.
Little living robots settle in the building and untimately help the residents push back the evil developers and save their homes.
The special effects were pretty neat and are the best part of the story. The plot after a promising beginning begins to wear thin after a while and the movie drags when the little UFO's aren't around.
There are a few laughs and some cute moments. Overall a nice movie to watch with the kids but there is some rough language in places.
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