Aliens in the Attic

So, yeah, there are these aliens, and they’re in the attic at the start of this predictable, unfunny family adventure depicting a boring gaggle of cousins trying to stop the ugly little CGI creatures from taking over the rest of their vacation house—and the planet. Stock characters include the geeky hero, the bitchy sister, the scummy boyfriend, the sympathetic moppet and many clueless adults. Wasting the improv-honed talents of Kevin Nealon, Andy Richter and Tim Meadows should involve some sort of penalty, but sitcom matriarch Doris Roberts does get to kick copious ass in a Crouching Tiger-style showdown with Robert Hoffman, owning the movie’s thankless Wile E. Coyote role. If you can’t talk your kids into seeing Up again instead, at least there’s an empowering message about being true to oneself … and air conditioning.