Alien Trespass

2008 Sci Fi

Will & Grace star Eric McCormack headlines X-Files veteran R.W. Goodwin's feature directorial debut, a playful send-up of 1950s-era sci-fi films tracing the bizarre events that unfold after a mysterious space object crashes into a California mountaintop. Based on a story by James Swift and Steven Fisher (who also penned the screenplay), the Technicolor-flavored genre-bender follows a benevolent alien (McCormack) as he attempts to fend off a seriously strange invader. Robert Patrick, Jenni Baird, and Jody Thompson co-star.

Director: R.W. Goodwin

Starring: Eric McCormack, Jenni Baird, Dan Lauria,Robert Patrick, Jody Thompson

 30 Reviews  1 Awards

Reviews

  • The characters in Alien Trespass (directed by X-Files producing alum R.W. Goodwin) are specimens of Sputnik-era determination, led by a gung-ho Eric McCormack.

    Lisa Schwarzbaum - Entertainment Weekly

    19 January 2013

  • Retro escapist fun.

    Peter Hartlaub - The San Francisco Chronicle

    19 January 2013

  • It's pretty endearing - a low-budget labor of schlock.

    Ty Burr - The Boston Globe

    19 January 2013

  • A charmingly sentimental but ultimately pointless hommage to the sci-fi classics of yesteryear, Alien Trespass proves only that while styles and technology have moved on, the affection for corn is everlasting.

    Jeannette Catsoulis - The New York Times

    19 January 2013

  • It tries to be the best bad movie that it can be.

    Roger Ebert - The Chicago Sun-Times

    19 January 2013

Awards

  • Best Cinematography in a Feature Length Drama

    Leo Awards (2009)

     

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