Based on a goofy '60s TV series and aimed squarely at vulgar 10-year-olds (and inner vulgar 10 year olds), this sappy comedy is relatively harmless and occasionally serves up a funny bit. Sweet-natured bumbler Tim O'Hara (Jeff Daniels) works as a producer for
a local California TV station; he's hopelessly in love with spoiled and none-too-bright on-air personality Brace Channing (Elizabeth Hurley), and blind to the fact that his pal Lizzie (Daryl Hannah) nurses a secret crush on him. Things take a turn for the wacky when Tim witnesses the crash landing
of an alien space craft, whose pilot assumes human form, hitches a ride home with Tim and persuades the astonished...
Released:
1999
Rated:
PG
Length:
88 mins