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Evolution
DreamWorks Distribution L.L.C.
FILM:
MPAA RATING: PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, and for sci-fi action
Starring
David Duchovny,
Julianne Moore,
Orlando Jones,
Seann William Scott,
Ty Burrell,
Ted Levine,
and
Dan Aykroyd
This comedy follows the chaos that ensues when a meteor hits the Earth carrying alien life forms that give new meaning to the term "survival of the fittest." (Dreamworks SKG)
| GENRE(S): |
Sci-fi
|
| WRITTEN BY: |
Don Jakoby (also story)
David Diamond
David Weissman
|
| DIRECTED BY: |
Ivan Reitman
|
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: December 26, 2001
Video: December 26, 2001
Theatrical: June 8, 2001
|
| RUNNING TIME: |
105 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
75
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Visually witty and even marvelous when it comes to depicting the spectacular creatures evolving at a speed previously known only in the Bible.

75
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
This unevenly paced comedy is an amusing parody of monster movies from "Them!" to "Alien."

70
Variety
Todd McCarthy
A consistently amusing action romp.

63
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Somewhat refreshingly aspiring to be nothing more than a disposable summer popcorn movie, this is a flick that delivers more smiles than laughs and has some wonderful special effects.

63
USA Today
Susan Wloszczyna
Instead of scoring belly laughs, there's a run on randy guy banter between Duchovny and Jones.

63
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
It's not good, but it's nowhere near as bad as most recent comedies; it has real laughs, but it misses real opportunities.

63
Chicago Tribune
Mark Caro
This is "Ghostbusters" meets "Men in Black" meets a whole lot of butt humor.
63
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
It's a ponderous but not unenjoyable comedy.
63
New York Daily News
Jami Bernard
Half a barrel of laughs. The other half is made of slime.

58
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
There are a handful of funny moments, and the top end of the cast comes off rather well. Duchovny has some of that same easygoing likability that made Glenn Ford one of the biggest stars of the '50s.

50
The New York Times
Dana Stevens
The movie itself evolves in reverse, starting life as a moderately clever grab bag of high-concept noodling and half-witty badinage before descending into the primordial ooze of explosions and elaborate lower- intestinal gags.

50
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
The special effects are variable, but even when they're good they don't have much impact because Evolution, with its self-trashing spirit, turns moviegoers into bemused bysitters.
50
LA Weekly
Manohla Dargis
Amiably goofy, but it isn't especially funny.

50
Chicago Reader
Lisa Alspector
Demands to be treated with conviction as parody if not as science fiction.

50
Slate
David Edelstein
I laughed -- but mostly to keep from getting depressed about the devolution of mainstream movies.

50
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
The story isn't much -- the ever-evolving aliens are better served by the cute-but-icky effects than the simplistic script -- but it skims along on the cast's chemistry.

42
Portland Oregonian
Shawn Levy
Tired, clumsy and appallingly ugly to look at.

40
Salon.com
Andrew O'Hehir
Proceeds at such an amiable pace and features enough creepy-crawly effects that many viewers won't quite notice or care how rickety and second-rate it is.

40
New Times (L.A.)
Robert Wilonsky
Evolution is merely stale, sterile and, worst of all, safe.

40
Los Angeles Times
John Anderson
Reitman's attempt to show he can re-create the success of his biggest comedy ever. What he proves instead is that, given time and money, a comedy director can devolve into a lower life form.

40
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
It's refried comic beans that smell stale and smack of desperation.

40
Mr. Showbiz
Kevin Maynard
Reitman has truly lost his gift for comic rhythms, cluttering up the film with running yuks that aren't that funny the first time and certainly don't improve with repetition.
38
Baltimore Sun
Athima Chansanchai
Tries to rock our world, but it regresses to a single-celled B-movie.
38
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
Evolution devolves to the sight of a colossal alien expelling flatus over Arizona. So that's why this movie stinks. Play that flatulent music, white boy.
30
Film.com
Tom Keogh
An excruciating misfire.

30
Austin Chronicle
Kimberley Jones
The jokes just aren't there, which makes it very hard for the stars -- who are trying very, very hard -- to really make a dent.

30
Washington Post
Rita Kempley
The insane casting: When was the last time Julianne Moore cracked you up?

25
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
Director Ivan Reitman used to know how to tell a silly story, back around the time of "Stripes" and "Ghostbusters."

25
San Francisco Chronicle
Edward Guthmann
In a movie as hackneyed and as dull as Evolution, the small favors of Duchovny's performance stand out.

20
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
Evolution is bad. How bad? Who cares? Do you ask how hot the fire is before running out of a burning building? No, you just run for safety.

20
Village Voice
J. Hoberman
Sodden mess, a mutation-invasion movie that passes "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!" going south.

20
New York Magazine
Peter Rainer
Began life as a standard sci-fi horror script before mutating into the unfunny mess it now is.


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