Review of Evolution (2001) by Johnny T — 25 Jun 2011

This unevenly paced comedy is an amusing parody of monster movies from "Them!" to "Alien." Visually witty and even marvelous when it comes to depicting the spectacular creatures evolving at a speed previously known only in the Bible. A consistently amusing action romp. It's not good, but it's nowhere near as bad as most recent comedies; it has real laughs, but it misses real opportunities. Evolution has just the right kind of mild hilarity for a warm summer afternoon at the movies. This is "Ghostbusters" meets "Men in Black" meets a whole lot of butt humor. Somewhat refreshingly aspiring to be nothing more than a disposable summer popcorn movie, this is a flick that delivers more smiles than laughs and has some wonderful special effects.

VERDICT: "Matinée" - (Mixed reaction). These kinds of movies are usually movies that had some good things, but some bad things kept it from being amazing. This rating says to pay matinée prices to see at a theatre, buy an ex-rental or a cheap price of the DVD to own.