A lot to like here, all the right ingredients, however the sum of all doesn’t bring it into Close encounters, ET territory. I’m not sure why, but maybe it’s because of it’s obvious effort to re-create this type of movie. This brings us back to the question why Close encounters was so engaging; was it because it didn’t have any predecessor? It’s a good view, super8, although I seem to get tired of all these well sewn-up plot lines; the alien returns home, kids reconnect with their parents, hardly any spoilers here…
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