Luis and the Aliens is a 2018 English-language animated science-fiction comedy film written and directed by Christoph and Wolfgang Lauenstein, and co-directed by Sean McCormack.[5][6] The film premiered at the Luxembourg City Film Festival on 2 March 2018 and was released in Germany on 24 May 2018, North America on 17 August, and the UK on 24 August 2018. a spin-off sequel film Lille Allan - Den Mennesklige Antenna was released in 2022.
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| Directed by | Christoph Lauenstein Wolfgang Lauenstein |
| Written by | Christoph Lauenstein Wolfgang Lauenstein |
| Music by | Ingmar Suberkrub Martin Lingnau[1] |
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| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox (Germany) Warner Bros. Pictures (United Kingdom) |
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Running time | 86 minutes[2] |
| Countries | Germany Luxembourg Denmark[3] |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $12.6 million[4] |
Plot
editOn his 12th birthday, Luis has no friends, and his father, the ufologist Armin Sonntag, constantly does not have enough time for him. He does not even know that those whom he is so eager to find are right in front of his nose. On his birthday, Luis becomes the only witness to the crash landing of three aliens near their home. They have a special ability - eat people hair to transform into anything they want. Louis had never had more fun than being around them. But he quickly realizes that if his father finds out about his secret, it will not end well. He decides to help them fix their mothership and fly away with them to the Winters' house.
Marlon later takes the family's SUV. As the rest of his family returns from his younger sister's play, Armin Sontag walks in and tries to force them to assume the guise of aliens. But after the words of their neighbor, Armin Sonntag, Mr. Winters and Ms. Dieckendacker) set off in pursuit in a courier van.
On the way, Luis reveals the truth to Marlon - in fact, the aliens are traveling with them with Marlon, from which he almost broke the sack. After arriving at Dragon's Peak, the aliens and Luis prepare to take off back to her mothership that hovers over the peak. Soon the others arrive there. At the last moment, Ms. Dieckendacker takes away Armin Sonntag's homemade freezer gun, as Luis tries to stop her but falls off a cliff. The monster and prepares to shoot Luis, but is stopped by Agent Stu who is a member of the Intergalactic Police that was disguised as a ice cream man. Suddenly, Dieckendacker transforms into a large dinosaur-like creature called Tontonian. Luis emerges from under the pushed stone. He runs away from the Tontonian, who falls off a cliff. Luis negotiates a plan with Wabo, Nag and Mog. In the course of a difficult duel in which the three aliens pretend to be Luis, gradually leading the Tontonian to the real Luis, who is quickly frozen by him. After that, Stu later sends Dieckendacker to his cooling house, and the aliens take the "NubbiDubbi" rug ordered by them and they go back to their mothership.
Voice cast
edit- Callum Maloney as Luis Sonntag
- Dermot Magennis as Armin Sonntag and Wabo
- Ian Coppinger as Mog
- Paul Tylak as Mr. Winter, Ice Cream Man and Bill
- Will Forte as Nag
- Lucy Carolan as Jennifer Yeng
- Eoin Daly as Marlon Winter
- Aileen Mythen as Mrs. Winter, Valentina and Ms. Diekendaker
- Simon Toal as the principal
Release
editThe film had its premiere at the Luxembourg City Film Festival on 2 March 2018,[3] and premiered in Germany at the Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film on 27 April. It was released in cinemas in Germany on 24 May, the US and Canada on 17 August and the UK on 24 August. The film grossed $12,632,840 worldwide.[4]
The film received generally negative reviews from critics.[7][8] On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 24% from 17 reviews,[9] and on Metacritic it has a score of 46 out of 100 based on 4 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[10]
References
edit- ^ Luis and the Aliens at Soundtrack.Net. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ Luis and the Aliens at the British Board of Film Classification. bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Luis and Aliens, Luxembourgish Premiere – In the presence of the co-director Sean McCormack". Luxfilmfest.lu. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ a b Luis and the Aliens at Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ Alastair, Pusinelli (29 January 2015) Berlin: Global Screen Picks Up ‘Luis and His Friends From Outer Space’. Variety on Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ Barraclough, Leo (27 October 2017) AFM: 3D Animated Movie ‘Luis and the Aliens’ Travels to Multiple Territories (EXCLUSIVE). Variety. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ Clarke, Cath (24 August 2018) Luis and the Aliens review – bland and predictable extraterrestrial adventure. The Guardian. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ Staff (15 August 2018) Luis and the Aliens': Film Review. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ Luis and the Aliens at Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ Luis and the Aliens at Metacritic. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
External links
edit- Luis and the Aliens at IMDb
- Luis and the Aliens at Kinderfilmwelt.de – German children's films database