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Evolution

Evolution

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Would give 10 stars if I could.............
Review: My family and I LOVE this movie. We love the evolving, the enema and every part of the movie. The 2 dumb acting students save the world, the guy gets the girl etc. etc. I caught this on one night and couldn't wait to buy it. I bought it the next day!!! I don't see THAT much of a similarity to ghostbusters!!! I think anyone who doesn't enjoy this needs to lighten up--and just enjoy it. People are too serious!!! This is a great comedy and I am recommending it to everyone I talk to!!! Thanks Ivan for another GREAT one!!!!!!

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: A treacherous title!!!
Review: You can forget the title; only the very few first minutes of the movie are nice (until before the Nadine episode); all the rest is pretty disgusting indeed, lots of ugly nasty creeper cells. There is nothing elevated nor high in this movie. The movie obviously contains a link to Ghostbusters but is really not delivering. By the way what's wrong with CheerLeaders ???

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Underrated
Review: No, it's not Ghostbusters, and I suppose it suffers from comparison with that movie. But "Evolution" is still a great fun romp, combining a decent science fiction story with some excellent comedic elements.

The story combines all the classic elements of any Reitman comedy, be it Ghostbusters, Stripes or whatever. There's the three buddies, the girl, the blustery politician and of course the evil general. So yes, it's a bit formulaic. But the aliens are wonderfully imaginative, the pacing is good, and the three leads work well together. The Duchovney/Jones teaming works well, and Julienne Moore shows a nice talent for physical comedy.

So while perhaps not one of Reitman's best works, Evolution is still a fine bit of entertainment.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Ghostbusters III
Review: Here's a point by point analysis of Ivan Reitman's latest insult to the intelligence of movie-goers everywhere:

GHOSTBUSTERS / EVOLUTION
1. 3 white guys and 1 black guy / 3 men and 1 woman
2. They are shunned by the scientific establishment / Same here
3. Ghosts start popping up everywhere / Critters start popping up everywhere
4. Inspector tries to shut them down / General tries to shut them down
5. Appeal to the mayor of New York / Appeal to the governor of Arizona
6. No one listens to them / No one listens to them
7. Ghosts escape... hell breaks loose / Use of napalm... hell breaks loose
8. Who you gonna call? / Who *can* you call?
9. Stay Puft Marshmallow man / Gargantuan Blob
10. Cross the streams into the portal / Give the creature a shampoo enema
11. Guy gets the girl / Guy gets the girl

Boo friggidy hoo, I give it one star.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Add The X-Files plus Ghostbusters... the result: Evolution.
Review: One of the last movies of Ivan Reitman, brought to us an alien invasion... Somebody said to me: Is that fun?. I replaid yes... And in what-a-way.... Lefting behind the world-know image of a paranoical F.B.I. agent, David Duchovny shows us the funnie side of "belive the truth" stuff. Julian Moore, left Doctor Lecter in the jail, to persue some aliens that will me you laught and laught for days and days.... Good special efects, great music and amazing history... Highly recomended for X-Philos, sci-fi geeks or the family... This is one of the movies that must be next to your vcr or dvd...

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Animation with Humor
Review: My family thought this to be a very humorous movie. It was a pleasure to have the entire family sitting around and laughing to the race against 'Evolution' vs. 'Our Extinction'. Oh, by the way, I dare anyone not to laugh or literally crack a smile at the scene **FRUIT BASKET**.

Check it out and you'll see what's so funny.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: great movie with exellent special effects!
Review: this is a very funny movie with exellent creature designs
by phil tippet and a good plot with good performances. If all movies had special effects like this, I'd be in heaven!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Enjoyable Hokum
Review: Not being a great fan of Duchovney I wanted to really dislike this film and avoided it until it's HBO showing. However I found it quite enjoyable. The CGI affects are particularly good and though it's not laugh out loud funny it was amusing and I certainly didn't notice the hour and three quarters pass.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: A Weak Script
Review: "Evolution" is the story of an alien species's attempt to take over Earth. A meteor has crash landed on Earth causing an alien species to evolve and begin the erradication of human life.

David Duchovny plays Dr Ira Kane, a former US Army colonel who was discharged due to some unsavory side effects from an anthrax vaccine he developed and administered to soldiers against orders. Dr Kane now works at an out-of-the-way community college in Arizona where he comes across the alien life. Dr Kane gets bumped off the project by the Army and CDC.

While in government custody the aliens begin to evolve at a rapid rate and eventually begin to take over the Grand Canyon area of Arizona. It's up to Dr. Kane and his associates Dr. Allison Reed (Julianne Moore), Prof Harry Block (Orlando Jones), and Wayne Grey (Seann William Scott) to stop the alien creatures before they destroy mankind.

My description aside, this is a comedy or, more correctly, it's supposed to be a comedy. "Evolution" is mostly funny where it tries to be; but, it doesn't try to be funny enough. There are too many lapses where nothing humorous is going on and the film mimics an action/adventure movie. Plus, the laughs that the film does contain are of the ha-ha variety and not the laugh-out-loud kind.

You cannot fault the cast for this shortcoming. Duchovny, Jones, Moore, and Scott all have an excellent comic timing that they have demonstrated many times before this film. "Evolution" is just a weak movie when it comes to the script. A re-write should have been in order for this movie because, as it is, it just doesn't serve up enough laughs.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Wow, how embarrassing....
Review: I'm embarrassed for everyone involved in this idiotic...movie. You can tell Duchovny's embarrassed because his performance is even more catatonic than usual. POintless mindless & tasteless. Should make lots of money.


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