Coneheads

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Coneheads

PG

1993

1h 28m

Comedy

Sci-Fi

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Cone-headed extraterrestrials Beldar (Dan Aykroyd) and Prymaat (Jane Curtin) find themselves in New Jersey after a recon mission for their home planet of Remulak goes awry. Stranded, they are forced to live as typical suburban humans. Beldar gets a job, and daughter Connie (Michelle Burke) grows up to be a typical, if oddly shaped, teenager. When INS agents start investigating the family and Beldar receives sinister orders from Remulak, the Coneheads must decide where their allegiance lies.

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Critics Consensus

Listless, crude, and overall uninspired, Coneheads offers further evidence that stretching an SNL sketch to feature length can be tougher than narfling a garthok.

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Duane Byrge

The Hollywood Reporter

05/16/2008

Can you inflate a gimmick-driven comedy skit into a full-fledged feature film? Up to a point.

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Leonard Klady

Variety

05/16/2008

A sweet, funny anarchic pastiche that should find broad based popularity.

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Janet Maslin

New York Times

05/20/2003

2/5

Coneheads falls flat about as often as it turns funny, and displays more amiability than style.

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Nick Rogers

Midwest Film Journal

Aug 30

3/5

Sweet, slight and unjustly reviled in its era, "Coneheads" offers a comically sound sympathy for the immigrant experience that feels quaint now but props up the film in its weaker second half.

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Marilynne S. Mason

Christian Science Monitor

03/27/2019

Aykroyd's comedy is extreme and bizarre, sometimes even gross, but often endearing and rich in amusing parody of contemporary American society.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

05/22/2015

C

It ultimately fails because it lacks sufficient satire or an edge.

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Edward S

@Edward235 Jan 25

This movie is in the top 20 of most inaccurately reviewed movies of the last 40 years. It’s laugh-out-loud funny, and it is a flat out entertaining movie. It is a ride on the realistic American experience from an alien perspective, and it’s touching, real, and overall decent at its core. Calling it "crude" is itself crude, because it is anything but. Dan Akroyd, Jane Curtain, Michael Mckeon, and the Spade/Farley duo all give great performances. Michelle Burke is good too. This movie is a diamond in the rough, and one of the most offensively mis-reviewed comedies there is. I hold it at an equal level with the more critically appreciated Austin Powers, and I hope a return to movies being made about "real humans," as ironically as you may wish to take that, comes back in style. Frankly, Coneheads is borderline genius comedy at times. You will enjoy it

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Joy B.

@9mr_0 Dec 31

الصراحه فلم جيد و قصة متماسكة و مختلفة مع كوميديا خفيفة تصوير حلو و اخراج جيد جدا

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Mania I.

@TheMania510 Dec 27

A rather silly movie based on a SNL skit. Loaded with all star cameos. A fun watch not to be taken seriously. It does what it's supposed to do, entertain.

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Oz S

@Ozsoffy Nov 20

Coneheads is a light and easy watch, built on a simple plot that never really rises or dips. The familiar cameos scattered throughout add a bit of charm, but they can’t fully compensate for the uneven humor. Many of the jokes land softly, and the robotic, repetitive delivery of the alien characters loses its novelty quickly. Despite that, the film still offers a harmless and pleasant time. It passes smoothly and has a certain nostalgic appeal, yet it never becomes memorable or standout. A nice watch for the background, but nothing more.

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Zach L

Sep 27

Not all of it holds up, but it's a pretty fun time capsule!

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Bill C

@nitrocole76 Sep 4

This is my most favorite movie watching when I was growing up and I’m still watching it in my 60s, I love this movie, and Dan Aykroyd and Jane Curtin did an amazing job and they played their parts to a T and they really impressed me with their talent and how great they are together and I have watched this movie like 300 times and counting, I have this movie on VHS and CD also, so in all this movie deserves a 10.

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Steve Barron

Director

Dan Aykroyd

Beldar Conehead

Jane Curtin

Prymatt Conehead

Michelle Burke

Connie Conehead

Michael McKean

Gorman Seedling

David Spade

Eli Turnbull

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Synopsis

Cone-headed extraterrestrials Beldar (Dan Aykroyd) and Prymaat (Jane Curtin) find themselves in New Jersey after a recon mission for their home planet of Remulak goes awry. Stranded, they are forced to live as typical suburban humans. Beldar gets a job, and daughter Connie (Michelle Burke) grows up to be a typical, if oddly shaped, teenager. When INS agents start investigating the family and Beldar receives sinister orders from Remulak, the Coneheads must decide where their allegiance lies.

Director: Steve Barron
Producer: Lorne Michaels
Screenwriter: Tom Davis, Dan Aykroyd, Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner
Production Co: Paramount Pictures
Rating: PG
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $20.2M
Runtime: 1h 28m
Sound Mix: Stereo

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