Coneheads
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Movie Reviews of Coneheads
Movie Review: Love it
Summary: 5 Stars
Just what we ordered! Husband wanted it as a Christmas gift...it went over very well.Movie Review: A Pleasant Surprise
Summary: 4 Stars
Coneheads is one of the best "Saturday Night Live" movies. I was expecting a light comedy but what I got was a whole lot more.Following a similar plot to the skit, Coneheads is the story about the Beldar Conehead family who crash on earth during a scouting mission for planet conquest. While here, they dodge the INS, have a child and discover that life on Earth is quite good.
This is where the movie shows its heart. It could have been a movie of comedy bits but by the end, it is about happiness in a stable family, which is quite refreshing in these days of depressing movies about divorces and unmarried couples. It is nice to see Beldar be a father figure to his daughter rather than the "Let Your Kids Be Who They Are" mentality of these days. The direction of the film in excellent, setting up many nice visual gags and shots that are very impressive for a comedy film. And at times, the film feels "epic" as you see the family on the run from the INS, to moving to the suburbs to returning to their planet.
There are great performances throughout the film and the many cameos are perfect. Look for funny scenes from Jan Hooks, Adam Sandler, Michael Richards, and Garrett Morris. Michelle Burke makes a nice debut as Connie Conehead and I expect to see more of her in the future.
On the surface, this seems like a dumb movie and it has received many poor reviews. But if you sit back and let it take you on an adventure (and if you can keep up with the way the Coneheads use different words for common items) you will be pleasantly surprised.
Movie Review: Funny
Summary: 4 Stars
This is one of these classic 90's Saturday Night Live-inspired movie which in my opinion, was one of the more successful ones. I have seen very little of the Coneheads on SNL itself, but this movie was rather funny and satisfying.
Beldar and Prymaat are given a good backstory and a plausible reason (at least, for a sci-fi comedy movie) for being here on Earth and then getting stuck. Their attempts to integrate into Earthian society is also amusing - bumbling at first, but they quickly learn. As they learn, their circumstances improve (first, they're living in a junkyard in a trailer while Beldar works as a repairman next to said junkyard) before Immigration goes after them. Forced to relocate, they move to the basement of a house while Beldar becomes a taxicab driver. With the impending arrival of a baby, they find ways to again move up, and Beldar's experience as a cab driver enables him to open his own driving school while the family settles into a cute little two-story house.
Of course, Immigration still goes after them, though after they disappear from their second home, the agents give up due to lack of interest and funding. Fast forward to appr. 15 years later, their child is now a teenager girl and the Coneheads have all but forgotten the rescue ship that was being sent for them, as they have settled into a life of domestic comfort. Chris Farley does a nice job as Connie's boyfriend, and provides some good comedy relief next to Dan Aykroyd and the other actors in the cast.
Movie Review: All-Star Cast and an underrated movie
Summary: 4 Stars
Perhaps the timing was off to make a Coneheads movie. In 1993 a new Saturday Night Live fan base was already established and it had been more than 10+ years since the Conehead craze. Dan Aykroyd and Jane Curtin had fully established post-SNL careers, but who knows why they went ahead with it? Regardless of why, Coneheads the movie was very amusing and had a super all-star comedy cast.
Aykroyd and Curtin were solid in their reprising roles and Beldar and Prymatt. The movie made for a more personal/emotional plot which was never seen in the SNL sketches. Chris Farley is great as Connie Conehead's boyfriend. It was though Michael McKean and David Spade that stole the show and provided a humrous take as the antagonist INS duo.
Worth watching and a pleasant surprise.
Movie Review: Pretty Harmless, Goofy Fun
Summary: 4 Stars
This was nice, harmless fun for the most part. It had some funny, outrageous scenes. However, I would definitely not call this movie "hilarious" as I had heard it described a number of times by national critics when the film was released. I wouldn't get that carried away.
However, it was decidedly entertaining all the way through, never boring and pretty tame profanity-wise. There were a number of sex remarks and innuendos, maybe to make up for the little profanity but by today's standards this was an inoffensive film. The only scene that offended me a quick anti-Biblical cheap shot right near the beginning of the film.
It's an hour-and-a-half of goofy humor played by the same people (Dan Achroyd, Jane Curtin, etc.) who made this couple famous on television.