The story is really different from the original, instead it's basically the story of E. T. with many generic scenes that you've seen numerous times in Kids-movies. Most adult actors give a realatively good performance, while the child actors are really annoying. There were maybe 5 or 6 moments where I laughed. Otto should've made this movie more Otto-like, with the humor of his old movies. One good aspect of the movie is that the set and the costumes look pretty good.