*batteries not included
1987 · Movie · 1h 47m · PG
FamilyComedyFantasyScience Fiction
"Five ordinary people needed a miracle. Then one night, Faye Riley left the window open."
Overview
In a soon to be demolished block of apartments, the residents resist the criminal methods used to force them to leave so a greedy tycoon can build his new skyscraper. When tiny mechanical aliens land for a recharge, they decide to stay and help out.
Ratings
IMDb
6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes
55%
Metacritic
54/100
Key crew
- Matthew RobbinsDirector
- Matthew RobbinsScreenplay
- Brad BirdScreenplay
- Brent MaddockScreenplay
- S.S. WilsonScreenplay
- James HornerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Hume CronynFrank Riley
- Jessica TandyFaye Riley
- Frank McRaeHarry Noble
- Elizabeth PeñaMarisa Esteval
- Michael CarmineCarlos
- Dennis BoutsikarisMason Baylor
- Tom AldredgeSid Hogenson
- Jane HoffmanMuriel Hogenson
- John DiSantiGus
- John PankowKovacs
- MacIntyre DixonDeWitt
- Michael GreeneLacey, Real Estate Developer
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Themes
spacecraftnew york cityextraterrestrial technologyalien life-formapartment buildingelderly coupleproperty development