Review: Extraterrestrial

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Extraterrestrial


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“The problem with Nacho Vigalondo’s sophomore feature, Extraterrestrial, is that it’s a bit of a one trick pony. The follow up to his successful first feature, Time Crimes (2007), offers a similar scenario of characters involved in strange scenarios and the bemused way they go about adjusting themselves to their surroundings. On this outing, Vigalondo goes for a comedy of errors scenario dressed in the exhausted “aliens landing in the neighborhood” routine.”

Nicholas Bell
Nicholas Bell
Los Angeles based Nicholas Bell is IONCINEMA.com's Chief Film Critic and covers film festivals such as Sundance, Berlin, Cannes and TIFF. He is part of the critic groups on Rotten Tomatoes, The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), FIPRESCI, the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) and GALECA. His top 3 for 2023: The Beast (Bonello) Poor Things (Lanthimos), Master Gardener (Schrader). He was a jury member at the 2019 Cleveland International Film Festival.

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