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From Other Worlds

2007, Movie, NR, 88 mins

FROM OTHER WORLDS
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MARRIED TO THE MOB (1988) screenwriter Barry Strugatz made his feature-directing debut with this pallid little comedy about aliens and alienation in contemporary Brooklyn. Middle-class housewife Joanne Schwartzbaum (Cara Buono) shares a lovely home with her down-to-earth husband, Brian (David Lansbury), and their grade-school-aged children (Quinn Shephard, Jonah Meyerson). Her vague discontent has no focus until the fateful night when she wanders into the kitchen and is en... read more leave a comment
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Joanne Schwartzbaum, a stressed-out mom from Brooklyn is (or is she?) abducted by aliens and returned to her home. A series of bizarre coincidences leads her to join forces with another supposed abductee, Abraham, an immigrant from the Ivory Coast who believes in Joanne s story. As the plot quickly thickens, Strugatz s light touch allows the characters to grow and breathe, revealing a story more about family and our responsibility to our fellow man than about aliens and UFO s. A quirky comedy about misfits trying to save the human race, From Other Worlds proves that you don t have to be a hero to act heroically.
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Length: 00:48
Posted: 7/23/2009
Year: 2007
Rated NR

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Cast
Cara Buono: Joanne Schwartzbaum
Isaach De Bankole: Abraham Kanga
Melissa Leo: Miriam Douglas
Joel de la Fuente: Homeless Man
David Lansbury: Brian Schwartzbaum
Robert Downey: Baker

 

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