Movie Description
Director Ivan Reitman (GHOSTBUSTERS, STRIPES, DAVE) turns from ghosts to aliens in this comedy starring David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, and Julianne Moore. When a meteor crashes into the Arizona desert, local community college professors Ira Kane (Duchovny) and Harry Block (Jones) are shocked to discover that it has introduced rapidly evolving aliens to Earth. Although the professors try to keep their discovery a secret, the U.S. military takes over the investigation, sealing off the fantastic creatures and the environment that the aliens have established. But when aliens start popping up on nearby golf courses and in the local mall, it's up to Kane and Block to save the world. With a little help from Allison Reed (Julianne Moore), a clumsy scientist with the Center for Disease Control, and Wayne Green (Seann William Scott), a dim-witted country club pool manager and fireman-wannabe, the two professors devise a plan using an unlikely weapon to kill the alien population before it wipes out the human race. Fittingly, former Ghostbuster Dan Aykroyd appears as the governor of Arizona.
| Credits | | Producer: | Daniel Goldberg, David Rodgers, Don Jakoby, Jeff Apple, Joe Medjuck | | Cast: | Sarah Silverman |
| Details | | Sound: | HiFi Sound, Stereo Sound, Surround Sound |
Notes
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85:1
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
DTS Surround 5.1 - English
Additional Release Material:
Alternate Endings
Deleted Scenes
Production Interview - 1. Ivan Reitman - Director
Making-of
Featurette - 1. "The Special Effects of EVOLUTION"
Trailers
Interactive Features:
Scene Access
Interactive Menus, Theatrical release: June 8, 2001
Editorial Reviews
"...Mr. Duchovny and Mr. Jones make an amusing pair..."
New York Times - p.E13 - A. O. Scott (06/08/2001)
"...A fitfully funny sci-fi comedy..."
USA Today - p.9E - Susan Wloszczyna (06/08/2001)
"...Plenty entertaining....The movie is visually witty and even marvelous when it comes to depicting the spectacular creatures..."
Entertainment Weekly - p.53 - Lisa Schwarzbaum (06/15/2001)
"...A consistently amusing action romp....[With] exceedingly vivid and credible visual effects that blend seamlessly with the action..."
Variety - p.17-23 - Todd McCarthy (06/11/2001)
"...A good-natured spirit....Duchovny and Jones play off each other nicely..."
Hollywood Reporter - p.10-101 - Kirk Honeycutt (06/08/2001)
"...Amiable and entertaining....It's quite an achievement to create not only a one-off monster but an entire ecosystem..."
Sight and Sound - p.43 - Kim Newman (08/01/2001)
"[There are] many laughs to be had."
Uncut - Peter Hogan (08/01/2001)
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