Middle of the road, it kept me and my kids entertained but we all agreed it wasn't one of the best movies we had seen lately. The adults were portrayed as completely clueless and frankly had little to do in this movie. I found myself wandering why Andy Richter and Doris Roberts even bothered to show up. A little bit of mild language and sensuality but nothing most kids don't see every day . . . .
The reason I put violence is because of the whole alien invasion thing. There's always some violence in those stories. For sexual stuff, Bethany wears a bikini while rubbing Ricky's bear back. There's no cursing, but this movie includes a lot of name-calling.
Ok, so some of the stuff may be a little cheesy, but this movie you must see. It has action, but in a funny way. Even parents will enjoy this awesome comedy. So watch it, or you are missing out!
I always wonder why film makers find it necessary to include any remotely sexual content in movies marketed to young children. Although it may fly right over the heads of younger kids or older, desensitized children -- there are scenes involving the older sister and her boyfriend (who, it is revealed in the movie, has lied about his age in order to date a younger girl) which seem a bit naughty. There are public displays of affection, a scene near a pool where the girl sits in a revealing bikini and inferences that the boyfriend has lied about his car breaking down in order to spend the night in the same house with the girl(some might even infer that he wishes to sleep with her.) As is usually the case, the adults are portrayed as clueless and unresponsive to the concerns of their younger children.
As for the alien activity, I didn't find it at all scary and there is one friendly alien who is downright adorable. There is some slapstick-type violence and a few explosions. Overall, the movie is entertaining for older children and adults. My 12-year-old son enjoyed it.
I took my sons, 7 and 10, we enjoyed the movie. I was a little uncomfortable with the teenage daughter's relationship but she is in college (and they acted pretty true to life). The movie plugs into boy humor and their love of video games. See it for what it is... a silly, kid-humored movie with no educational value, just for fun.
This was just a silly and fun movie where the kids are the heroes. There wasn't any bad language used (Oh Crud was the worst!!) and the kids have to learn to trust themselves and work as a team. There is a good lesson to be learned about not fitting in with the crowd.
I also picked up on some jokes the kids didn't get but we all had a good time!
Good team work between kids, just wish it didn't have the "bathing suit" scene. The oldest sister gets "hot and bothered" when the boyfriend takes off his shirt. Other than this scene, it was great for the kids, they really enjoyed it.
This movie was actually pretty good but some stuff going on between Bethany (Ashley Tisdale) and her boyfriend are iffy for younger kids. The review describes it. The movie was quite funny, a tad violent you know, with aliens and stuff, but really nobody dies or anything.
J, age 10, and P, age 8, thought that Aliens in the
attic was a little scary. It is very funny. Mom and Dad thought it was entertaining... but there was a little too much sexy stuff. Other than that-- really cute movie.
Although the uncle is a little disreputable, the movie overall is a lot of fun. I didn't notice any "bad" language. Any rudeness was by the "bad guys" and funny anyway. My oldest is 11 yo and youngest is 6. It was perfect for both of them and I laughed a lot too.
The movie was kind of stupid I think. No offense to anyone who actually loved this movie. I just did not seem interested in it. This is probably a kids movie, maybe thats why I did not like it. But I did like the paintball scene.
A wonderful family movie for kids of practically any age.
I babysit for a family of six kids ages: 4, 6, 7, 10, 10, and 11. We watched this movie and enjoyed it a lot. Though the kids are played by generally unknown actors (some breakouts like: Austin Butler and Carter Jenkins) the acting was still really believable. The aliens didn't really look like most people would think, they looked more like big green boogers to me, but the bond Hannah forms with the one nice alien is adorable. Funny jokes and sarcastic comments between the kids create a humorous air. Though you wonder how the adults can't hear the crashing and screaming from downstairs and the parental control seems slightly lost. Beth and Ricky's relationship is so fake seeming I don't even want to elaborate because it's doesn't affect the movie in any way.
Takes a while to get started but once the aliens show up the fun starts. My 8 & 9 year olds loved it and I have to admit that there were several laugh out loud moments for me too
It's good but I hate it when they advertise so much, it's like the movie is more adverts than movie. I think that the role models aren't great haha with the eldest kid ruining her ex-boyfriends life! :L ah well it's really funny so yeah!
Aliens in the attic is funny but some stuff to look out for.Aliens in the attic is about a teen Tom who fails his grades.Tom and his family go on vacation.Bethany has a a boyfriend Ricky which he's a bad role model.Then aliens attack them.The movie is heavy on consumerism.Fun for the family.Enjoy my review and the movie.
This movie was much better than I expected. The action started pretty quickly and some of the scenes were really funny. My 8 year old son loved the movie. He's never laughed so hard at a movie before. I agree with macmomdaly -- silly movie -- just for fun.
Good movie but some humans stabbing aliens with knives and some bleeding, lots of bleeding and in one part, a guy said "sucks" because their vacation sucked because there was an alien invasion at their mansion and many other bad words like "crap", "stupid", "idiot", "princess", "tool", "shut up", "heck", "what the...", dumb", "oh my god" and "loser". My 6 year old brother was afraid of the beginning because there was a thunder storm, lots of exploasons and that was when the aliens just met the humans which is pretty scary.