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      From Other Worlds

      2004 1h 28m Comedy Sci-Fi List
      38% 13 Reviews Tomatometer Depressed Brooklyn housewife Joanne (Cara Buono) meets Abraham (Isaach de Bankolé), and they discover they have the same branding mark on their bodies and have both had an encounter with an alien force. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Jan 14 Buy Now

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      Audience Member A corny science fiction comedy features a preoccupied homemaker behaving strangely. Because she eventually realizes her conduct was deeply affected to an unexplainable UFO experience. Cara Buono as Joanne Schwartzbaum gives her best Richard Dreyfuss of Close Encounters impression with an emotional female slant. Much of the other performances range from competent to over strong acting to plain awful. Maybe Buono appears bewildered because her character Joanne is unrealistically confusing and does nutty things as buying an ample supply of ice cream flying saucers. Or is it when she is configuring the variable vertical lines of black and white cookies? Those are among the examples of obvious mindlessness having audiences wondering what Director Barry Strugatz is trying to say about his feature film. The silly film score isn't helping much in clarifying its purpose. The movie is gaining a little more sense of direction when Joanne meets a friendly street hustler (Joel de la Fuente) who had his rooftop UFO experience. With such a significant common share, the two friends connect aiding each other to find answers to the occurrences affecting their lives. Soon to our disbelief, they engage a plan to save humanity. In the movie, Joanne said about her and Abraham, "we are on a mission we don't understand." If you listen carefully, that might be the Strugatz's film crew silently sounding Joanne' same questionable expression. The film contains profanity, the suspicion of a marital affair, scenes with the middle finger gestured. There is a bias statement of "dumb, Brooklyn girl" and people appearing as if they don't know Africa. I did not finish watching the film; it is so dumbfounding it hurts. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Robert Koehler Variety Amiable and arch comedy. Feb 5, 2007 Full Review Kyle Smith New York Post The 'comic' musical score is an embarrassment out of a '60s sitcom, and the supporting actors wouldn't make the cut at a high school audition. Rated: 0/4 Jan 30, 2007 Full Review Scott Tobias AV Club The word "slight" doesn't even begin to describe how minor the quirky indie comedy From Other Worlds turns out to be... Rated: C+ Jan 29, 2007 Full Review Rory L. Aronsky Film Threat A versatile attempt at the sci-fi genre, which makes its mark by not being an outright sci-fi movie. Rated: 3.5/5 Feb 5, 2007 Full Review Eric Monder Film Journal International From Other Worlds may not be out of this world. But it makes diverting earthly entertainment. Feb 5, 2007 Full Review Phil Hall Film Threat UFOs in Brooklyn? Fuggedaboutit! Rated: 0/5 Jan 31, 2007 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis Depressed Brooklyn housewife Joanne (Cara Buono) meets Abraham (Isaach de Bankolé), and they discover they have the same branding mark on their bodies and have both had an encounter with an alien force.
      Director
      Barry Strugatz
      Screenwriter
      Barry Strugatz
      Production Co
      Belladonna Productions LLC
      Genre
      Comedy, Sci-Fi
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      May 17, 2017
      Runtime
      1h 28m
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