Review of Invaders from Mars (1986) by David Sterritt for Christian Science Monitor — 12 Aug 2017
Despite its occasional sparkle, Invaders From Mars is an overlong movie with a tiny spirit. It plays to a certain smug superiority of an audience nurtured on junky television, and while that smugness is in some ways justified -- movies like the original "Invaders From Mars" had their obvious failings -- it's also, over the course of a feature film, more than a little annoying.
The original "Invaders From Mars" did something this spoof never even comes close to -- it scared the heck out of you. That's something Hooper might try accomplishing, before he sets about sending it up.
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This review of Invaders from Mars (1986) was written by David Sterritt and published by Christian Science Monitor on 12 Aug 2017.
Invaders from Mars has generally received mixed reviews.
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