Alien Intervention

This is an entertaining and very warmly crafted sci-fi indie drama where character and motivation rule the day, rather than elaborate special effects. It's both a "woman's picture" and also something very universal, with excellent performances and resonant dialogue that delivers on its themes without being show-offy about any aspect of the production. The performances are all very strong, with Gregory Jbara really nailing his colorful supporting role. The film also benefits from some casually stylish imagery, which pains a nice portrait, yet never calls overt attention to itself. We need more films like this one.

I'll be honest, thought this looked like a dumb alien movie but the trailer seemed interesting so gave it a shot cause for three bucks why not? And it was a pretty satisfying film. The characters were all three dimensional, even the alien guy. Maybe there were some slow moments in the beginning but once the government agent guy ( from blue bloods) showed up it brought a new energy to the story and was very fun.

I didn't quite get what happened with the mom in the end but it's safe to assume what you think happened did happen. I loved the coyote stuff. Usually they are presented as negative in films so to see them as mystical and good was refreshing.

Sat down and watched with my husband not expecting much but after five minutes we both looked at one another saying 'wow this is actually pretty good.' And the ending did not disappoint. It honestly made me wonder what comes next in this story as it suggests a new beginning for the main character full of possibilities.

Loved the mom character. Reminds me of my own. And the husband was actually sympathetic which is funny because I was prepared to not like him. There are a few swear words but this is definitely a family friendly film.

The camera work was absolutely gorgeous in this film. A few desert shots were just awe inspiring.

Per my husband's request one night we decided to go on Roku and see what the content was like. As we don't have an account we got a list of films that could be streamed for free and because I like sci fi we decided on this. And honestly I was so surprised and happy because there's no guns, there's no super dark themes and there's an alien being who likes hip hop from the 90s. I mean maybe the beginning was a bit slow but I thought all the characters were interesting, even the jerk husband, and I loved the ending and how it didn't wrap everything up in a little bow for you the way so many films do these days. Really fun and would recommend this for the whole family.

I'll lead off by saying I liked the movie a lot. It was intelligent, well acted and the camera work was incredible. Where it kinda lost me was with some of the story ideas that to me just didn't work. Firstly, it was strange that the main character was Japanese American "Sanada", and her father was clearly either from Japan or 2nd generation, and the mother was white. This alone is certainly not a big deal, but I wanted it explained because it's unusual to have that type of family in the New Mexico desert. So to just have that be a thing without offering any insight just seemed off. I also found the story that the govt. Agent broke the alien out of a top secret base to be laughable. Come on, really? Just lazy writing. The rest of the story was so thoughtful and well written that whoever wrote this thing could've done better, but I guess chose to give up in regards to this aspect.