Feeble brained Martains happen to hear a Halloween re-broadcast of Orson Welles' legendary radio production of "The War of the Worlds". They, of course, don't know that it's fiction, and think they're hearing legitimate orders to invade planet Earth. So they descend on a typical small American town named Big Bean, and wreak all sorts of havoc while the hapless local citizens try to deal with the problem.This is just this viewers' humble opinion, naturally, but there was too much in this PG rated sci-fi comedy that didn't work for him. The movie is lightly likable, but not particularly funny. Its good moments (such as the pesky Martians breaking into song) are few and far between. Instead of being funny, it's too often overly silly and tiresome. The makeup effects, animatronics, and visuals aren't bad at all, but they deserved better material. (There's also a cute robot in order to appeal to the youngest members of the audience.) In one goofy touch, one of the Martians, a dude named Blaznee (played and voiced by Kevin Thompson) speaks in an amusingly bad Jack Nicholson style delivery. This viewers' favourite line of his: "There goes my insurance."The performances are mostly lame, but appropriate enough for this sort of no brainer entertainment. Douglas Barr ('The Fall Guy') is the new sheriff, Ariana Richards ("Tremors", "Jurassic Park") his lonely, depressed daughter. Ever delightful Royal Dano is a hoot as always, playing a farmer somewhat reminiscent of the guy he played in "Killer Klowns from Outer Space". Also among those playing the Martians are Jimmy Briscoe, Tony Cox ("Bad Santa"), Debbie Lee Carrington ("Total Recall" '90), and Tommy Madden.Fairly harmless stuff for family audiences; the kids probably won't be too judgmental.Four out of 10.

"I moved out here to get away from this kind of thing!" The small town sheriff laments."This happens a lot in Chicago?" His deputy asks.Well, no, not really. The plot is that a group of Martians mistake a Halloween Rebroadcast of Orson Welles' War of the Worlds as an account of a real Martian invasion, and conclude they need to get in on the action! What follows are a bunch of mishaps involving the Martian's haphazard attempts to conquer the town of "Big Bean, IL". Everyone concludes they are kids in really good costumes, except for the Sheriff's daughter and her friend, a kid in a duck suit.The Martians themselves are comical, and you get the impression they are no threat to anyone but themselves pretty early on. It's a fun family movie.

I've watched this movie so many times the video is worn out. It is a movie I can put on whenever I need a good laugh. The farmer is hilarious, the duck boy is too. It's an overall feel good movie. Even kids 12 and up can watch it without being inundated with sexual innuendos, violence and cursing. The TNT award at the end is the best... "well, you can just say your prayers." LOL Oh yea, and so are the two old guys and the old woman after the martians fly by them when they are crash-landing on earth - "okay, go get the bucket" It's great! I think kids under 10 might be frightened by the enforcer drone, maybe. I don't know though, with all the crap they see on TV on a regular basis, it might not be. So go out an rent it today! If you have Blockbuster Rewards(TM) program, you can use one of your free rentals and you'll enjoy.

"Spaced Invaders" is one of the funniest movies, I´ve ever seen. I don´t understand, why this movie didn´t get better critics, it´s funny, harmless and sweet. I first watched it, when I was 11, and I really fell in love with it... 2 days later, I got it on VHS :-P Till today, I´ve shown it to many friends, and they all liked it, but nobody knew the movie before. I think, that´s the problem, nearly nobody knows it, so nearly nobody can like it... This movie never got a real chance, that´s sad, "SI" has really the potential of a comedy like "Monsters Inc." or "Spaceballs". Ok, enough displeasure - What I really wanted to say, is that, if you ever want to laugh your head off, watch it! Even if you don´t get mad about it, it´s worth watching! --> Prepare to laugh, earth scum!