My Stepmother Is an Alien

Astronomer Dan Aykroyd unwittingly puts a planet in danger and they send down one of their own (in the form of Kim Basinger). Naturally the typical fish-out-of-water story starts with Basinger finding she has a thing with sex and of course Aykroyd tries to accommodate her desires. Aykroyd's daughter (a very young Alyson Hannigan) is immediately suspicious, as is Aykroyd's brother (Jon Lovitz). But a bond starts between Basinger and Hannigan while Lovitz develops a serious crush on her as well. Will Basinger stay a human and live on Earth or go back to her native planet? Silly and somewhat stupid venture for everyone involved as the direction is out of this world (and not in a good way) and the screenplay feels like it was thrown together by a Trekkie at a boring weekend convention. Basinger's sexual antics are not enough to endear this one to me, but it may be enough with some others. 2 stars out of 5.

Fantastic 80's flick with Akroyd and Basinger at their best. Anyone in there 40's will remember these type of flicks and when Basinger has to kiss Akroyd, that has to best the future prediction for our society that the internet was coming; i mean Google Kiss, in your handbag lols.. You have a young Willow from Buffy. The pure cheese that was the bedroom scene, Basinger doing the whole slo-mo thing. Got to love we get a ending where the brother literally sacrifices his other brother by letting him go to aliens for a piece of arse; did anyone else think it was suspicious that they all looked like Princess Stephanie, like the aliens knew - kindy creepy ! All round decent 80's flick and some great cheeseeeeeeee !

This is a movie that I like except for one thing: the horrible Mr Lovitz, who is never really funny. Luckily all the other actors are very good and extremely funny. This movie even has the one of the funniest scene I ever saw in it: when Celeste goes up on the satellite dish and needs a crash course in kissing. This scene always cracks me up and I even need to put the movie on hold just to stop laughing. This movie does just what it should do: make you laugh.

I rather enjoyed this film! I actually thought that it was a crack-up! Okay, so it's not the funniest movie that was ever made. So what?! Not every comedy was written by Neil Simon or Woody Allen. Of course, the fact that I saw it when it was first released (more than 10 years ago) might have something to do with my enjoyment factor. The special effects, especially by today's standards, are pretty corny. But, all in all, it was enjoyable. And hey, after all, where else can you get to see T.V.'s Buffy the Vampire Slayer stars, Alyson Hannigan and Seth Green, when they first appeared as boyfriend and girlfriend, years before their television romance began?!

I rate this film as "so bad, it's kinda good". It reeks of everything I feel the Eighties was trying to get away from when it became the Nineties, however nostalgia will forever hallow certain themes, in a "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" sort of way. Certainly by today's standards this movie is very corny and lacks any real depth sought by movie lovers everywhere, but it has a lot of tongue in cheek charm that other movies lack. It's possible I only say these things because I first saw the film when quite young and I remember liking it... that's a great way to end up liking films that other people really cannot get along with. As a summary, I couldn't sit down and watch this film with any of my friends, but it would be a perfect companion on a slow evening when I'm ill and had a few beers and need my mind taking off things. Like this evening.

This movie was fun. I don't know why everyone is ragging on it. Deserving, nerdy guy gets the girl and saves the world. Nice salutes to movies of the '40s. If the plot's weak, it's because there's not much conflict, no diabolical scheming bad guy. The characters are all sweet and real enough that you care about them. Ms. Basinger is pretty, but if you want to see her do sexy, see _Cool World_.