Rating: PG
Genre:
Science Fiction
Theatrical Release: 12/18/1987(USA)
Release Date: 03/16/1999
SubTitles: Espanol/English
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1/DDS
Run Time: 107 Minutes
Flags: Mild Violence, Violence, Excellent For Children, Adult Language
Distributor/Studio: Universal Studios
Hume Cronyn and
Jessica Tandy are among the impoverished residents of a slum tenement threatened with demolition by evil land developers. Only a miracle can save
Cronyn,
Tandy, and their friends -- and that miracle manifests itself in the form of a "family" of extraterrestrial flying saucers, who need the electricity provided by the tenement to survive. The grateful humanized spaceships repay their earthbound hosts by doing battle with the villains' henchmen. When the building is engulfed in flames, all seems lost, but the aliens have a few more tricks up their metallic sleeves.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide