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75This unevenly paced comedy is an amusing parody of monster movies from "Them!" to "Alien."
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75Visually witty and even marvelous when it comes to depicting the spectacular creatures evolving at a speed previously known only in the Bible.
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70A consistently amusing action romp.
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63It's not good, but it's nowhere near as bad as most recent comedies; it has real laughs, but it misses real opportunities.
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63This is "Ghostbusters" meets "Men in Black" meets a whole lot of butt humor.
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63Half a barrel of laughs. The other half is made of slime.
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63Somewhat 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.
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63Instead of scoring belly laughs, there's a run on randy guy banter between Duchovny and Jones.
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63It's a ponderous but not unenjoyable comedy.
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58There 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.
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50The 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.
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50Amiably goofy, but it isn't especially funny.
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50The 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.
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50I laughed -- but mostly to keep from getting depressed about the devolution of mainstream movies.
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50The 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.
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50Demands to be treated with conviction as parody if not as science fiction.
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42Tired, clumsy and appallingly ugly to look at.
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40Reitman 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.
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40Proceeds 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.
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40It's refried comic beans that smell stale and smack of desperation.
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40Reitman'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.
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40Evolution is merely stale, sterile and, worst of all, safe.
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38Evolution 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.
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Tries to rock our world, but it regresses to a single-celled B-movie.
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30The jokes just aren't there, which makes it very hard for the stars -- who are trying very, very hard -- to really make a dent.
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30An excruciating misfire.
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30The insane casting: When was the last time Julianne Moore cracked you up?
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25In a movie as hackneyed and as dull as Evolution, the small favors of Duchovny's performance stand out.
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25Director Ivan Reitman used to know how to tell a silly story, back around the time of "Stripes" and "Ghostbusters."
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20Began life as a standard sci-fi horror script before mutating into the unfunny mess it now is.
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20Sodden mess, a mutation-invasion movie that passes "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!" going south.
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20Evolution 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.
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Mixed: 5 out of 18
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