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Evolution (2001)

PG-13 06/08/2001 Comedy, Science Fiction, Action 1h 41m
61%
User
Score
6.1/10
44%
40/100

Coming to wipe that silly smile off your planet.

Overview

A comedy that follows the chaos that ensues when a meteor hits the Earth carrying alien life forms that give new meaning to the term "survival of the fittest." David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Seann William Scott, and Julianne Moore are the only people standing between the aliens and world domination... which could be bad news for the Earth.

Ivan Reitman

Director

David Diamond

Screenplay

David Weissman

Screenplay

Don Jakoby

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

David Duchovny

David Duchovny

Dr. Ira Kane

Julianne Moore

Julianne Moore

Dr. Allison Reed, CDC

Orlando Jones

Orlando Jones

Prof. Harry Phineas Block

Seann William Scott

Seann William Scott

Wayne Grey

Ted Levine

Ted Levine

General Russell Woodman

Ty Burrell

Ty Burrell

Colonel Flemming

Ethan Suplee

Ethan Suplee

Deke

Michael Bower

Michael Bower

Danny

Dan Aykroyd

Dan Aykroyd

Governor Lewis

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Media

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written on October 1, 2019

Lubricant and the giant product placement.

A meteorite falls to Earth and lands right in the desert at Glen Canyon, Arizona. Two college professors, Dr. Ira Kane and Prof. Harry Phineas Block, take it upon themselves to investigate and mooch around. At the site, they discover worm like insects that are not of this world. Thinking they are on to Nobel Prize type history, they are dismayed when the government takes over the site and shunts them out the way. But as the insects start to evolve in the Earth atmosphere, they take on various shapes and forms of alien creatures. Pretty soon the whole place is over run and the government is at a loss in how to stop them. Enter Ira, Harry, Wayne and Allison to hopefully save the day.

Directed by Ivan Reitman (Ghostbusters 1 & 2), Evolution is ...

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written on June 6, 2024

"Ira" (David Duchovny) and "Harry" (Orlando Jones) are local college professors who go to investigate a meteor landing near their American town. When they get there, though, they discover it's riddled with strange looking creepy-crawlies that don't look at all indigenous. It's not long before the army shows up and these two are kicked off the project by an wholly incompetent "Gen. Woodman" (Ted Levine) and proper scientist "Allison" (Julianne Moore) - an ex of "Ira" who relishes sticking the knife in. As these beasties start to grow in number and size and become more menacing, the state governor "Lewis" (Dan Aykroyd) demands that the army takes action - but what can they do? Napalm? Meantime, our two intrepid scientists and their buddy "Wayne" (Seann William Scott) are working on a more "d...

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