This is not going to be a great classic but if you want broad humour and a silly story with a few laugh-out-loud jokes then this is definitely the film for you.
It is always nice to see Julianne Moore and she shows her comic side at its best. Her portrayal of Alison Reed, the clumsy scientist from the Center for Disease Control, is probably her best comedic turn to date.
David Duchovny is out chasing aliens again and, in some ways, spoofs his `X-Files' character; he was a good bit of casting. He has good comic timing and his deadpan delivery is perfect for the character. He and Ms Moore have good screen chemistry and it would be nice to see them together again.
More directors need to think of Orlando Jones when casting films He really can act and, while the material in `Evolution' doesn't offer too many opportunities to do so, he takes the chances he is given and runs with them.
Seann William Scott (Wayne Green) has the not-too-bright good guy' role down letter-perfect. He has some of the better lines in the movie and, remembering that this is a farce, is probably the most believable character in the movie.
The location photography is, at times, dazzling; however, some of the special effects looked very cheesy very obvious green screen' shots so obvious that I wondered if they were bad on purpose.
Unfortunately the sound track detracts from the overall end product: it seldom had anything to do with the action on the screen and sometimes was outright annoying.
This is a good summer movie: just go, laugh and don't think too much.
It is always nice to see Julianne Moore and she shows her comic side at its best. Her portrayal of Alison Reed, the clumsy scientist from the Center for Disease Control, is probably her best comedic turn to date.
David Duchovny is out chasing aliens again and, in some ways, spoofs his `X-Files' character; he was a good bit of casting. He has good comic timing and his deadpan delivery is perfect for the character. He and Ms Moore have good screen chemistry and it would be nice to see them together again.
More directors need to think of Orlando Jones when casting films He really can act and, while the material in `Evolution' doesn't offer too many opportunities to do so, he takes the chances he is given and runs with them.
Seann William Scott (Wayne Green) has the not-too-bright good guy' role down letter-perfect. He has some of the better lines in the movie and, remembering that this is a farce, is probably the most believable character in the movie.
The location photography is, at times, dazzling; however, some of the special effects looked very cheesy very obvious green screen' shots so obvious that I wondered if they were bad on purpose.
Unfortunately the sound track detracts from the overall end product: it seldom had anything to do with the action on the screen and sometimes was outright annoying.
This is a good summer movie: just go, laugh and don't think too much.