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- Though "Evolution"'s rather pokey pace is a welcome reprieve from screaming, 100-mile-a-minute onslaughts like "The Mummy Returns," it's not a complete success. Character development is virtually non-existent, and director Ivan Reitman -- who also helmed "Ghostbusters" -- comes close to boring you with his never-varying sense of comic timing.
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Jun 8, 2001 · As the film opens, a would-be firefighter (Seann William Scott) is practicing by rescuing an inflatable doll from a burning shack when a flaming meteor crashes nearby. Harry Block ( Orlando Jones ), a scientist from nearby Glen Canyon Community College, is called to investigate and brings along his friend, science instructor Ira Kane ( David ...
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Jun 8, 2001 · A comedy that 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." David Duchovny, Orlando Jones,...
- (140)
- Ivan Reitman
- PG-13
- David Duchovny
Evolution is a decent goofy Sci-Fi movie about an alien invasion that strikes in the deserts of Arizona. A couple of community college professors discover microscopic life living in a meteor that strikes just outside of town.
Jun 8, 2001 · With David Duchovny, Julianne Moore, Orlando Jones, Seann William Scott. A fire-fighting cadet, two college professors, and a geeky but sexy government scientist work against an alien organism that has been rapidly evolving since its arrival on Earth inside a meteor.
- (137K)
- Comedy, Sci-Fi
- Ivan Reitman
- 2001-06-08
The film was released by DreamWorks Pictures in the United States on June 8, 2001 and by Columbia Pictures internationally. Evolution received mixed-to-negative reviews from film critics and grossed $98.4 million at the box office worldwide.
Jun 7, 2001 · By Todd McCarthy. It may not be “Ghostbusters,” but Ivan Reitman’s return to the arena of otherworldly crime fighting is a consistently amusing action romp that easily passes muster as a summertime...
Duchovny is Ira, a biology teacher in a dull suburban high school but he's a man with a past. Co-worker Harry (Orlando Jones) teaches... er... something (apparently) and is also the local rep for the "American Geological Society".