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Jul 2, 2014 · Earth to Echo doesn't do itself any favors by beggaring comparison to E.T., but for younger viewers, it should prove a reasonably entertaining diversion. Read Critics Reviews
Jul 2, 2014 · I am watching "Earth to Echo," this utterly shameless sci-fi fantasy rip-off of "E.T." and almost every kid-friendly film that Steven Spielberg has ever produced and/or directed—or even just thought about producing and/or directing. The premise?
Jul 2, 2014 · Read what top critics are saying about Earth to Echo: Film critic Michael Rechtshaffen of The Hollywood Reporter says in his review that although the movie is reminiscent of Steven...
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By Matt Patches
Posted: Jul 2, 2014 7:10 pm
Earth to Echo can't shut up. Aiming to be Generation YouTube's answer to E.T., the directorial debut of viral video maven Dave Green is a 100-yard dash of youthful adventuring, close encounters, and warding off adults who just don't understand. Unlike its Spielbergian inspiration, the film's found footage conceit is impervious to hushed moments of maximum wonderment. Earth to Echo drowns in yammering and clunky direction, Green battling a camera controlled by three middle school boys to find any semblance of grandeur in his faux-documentary frames. But Earth to Echo packs a tremendous amount of heart onto that foundation. In this case, the parts are greater than the whole.
BFFs Alex (Teo Halm), Tuck (X-Factor rapper “Astro”), and Munch (Reese Hartwig) are about to say goodbye, their parents displaced by superhighway construction plans. In their final week together, the trio of scamps discover a mysterious signal emanating from Alex's house, pointing them to a middle-of-nowhere spot in the Nevada desert. It's the perfect excuse for one more all-nighter. With a camcorder, spy glasses, and anything else that can be used to film the action, the boys bike into the unknown hungry for discovery.
And they find it. Under dust and rubble, the boys find a small spacecraft carrying an action-figure-sized robot alien who looks genetically engineered to be the most adorable being in the universe. It floats, it bats its eyes, it baby coughs because it's all banged up, and it answers yes or no questions with a series of beeps.
The kids dub him “Echo” and vow to help the otherworldly being reconstruct his ship with pieces strewn about town. Writer Henry Gayden appeals to kids by turning Earth to Echo into a game. If the kids follow the signal trail, find all the pieces, and avert pursuing shadowy figures, Echo goes home and they win.
Earth to Echo is a simple, sentimental tribute to the glory days of '80s kid movies, but the adventure's derailed by the rigid qualities of found footage packaging.
- Matt Patches
My review focuses on Relativity Media's latest production of Earth To Echo, a science fiction journey for the new age. Now from first trailers and a few reviews, the description is pretty much a new version of E.T. with less organic alien and more Wall-E.
Jun 6, 2014 · Film Review: ‘Earth to Echo’. This earthbound sci-fier offers found-footage fun for the whole family. By Geoff Berkshire. Boasting the dubious distinction of being the first found-footage...
Earth to Echo Reviews. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Robert Sims Lights Camera Austin. From start to finish, Earth to Echo wants to jog our memories about the...
