La boutique fantastique

Original title: Pet Shop

1994
PG
1h 27m

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A couple of alien slavers disguised as cowboys arrive to Earth and open up an E.T. pet shop in a small desert town where FBI hides witnesses against the mob to kidnap human children and sell... Read allA couple of alien slavers disguised as cowboys arrive to Earth and open up an E.T. pet shop in a small desert town where FBI hides witnesses against the mob to kidnap human children and sell them off at alien slave auctions.A couple of alien slavers disguised as cowboys arrive to Earth and open up an E.T. pet shop in a small desert town where FBI hides witnesses against the mob to kidnap human children and sell them off at alien slave auctions.

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4.3/10

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reinx

Truly a work of art.

Seriously, hilarious, I was laughing out loud, even at 7:30am. Some people are hard on this movie for it's crappy plot, crappy acting, etc. but believe me, without those things, it would have been unbearable.

For B (or C?) movies like this, it's better if everything is done poorly to enhance the real genuine entertainment value of the film. We need more movies like this. The puppets for the "alien" pets look like they took about 30 minutes to make if that.

I'd pay good money to see it. I'm curious to see what other things the director has done. Only rarely does a work of art come about that is this superb.

7ashmarg06

Pet shop

This movie was absolutely hilarious. I used to watch it over and over when I was a kid. I highly recommend seeing it for a few quick laughs and cowboys with cone-heads!!! Touche to the person who thought this up. I will never have any desire to see this again, but my life would't have been the same without it. One of the reasons I want to be a director is "Pet Shop". Definitely gives you a strange sense of happiness with a touch of western music thrown in. Overall, you should see this movie and make fun of it. But remember that someone's very hard work went into this, not to mention a lot of money and props, so respect the work.

4stefanozucchelli

Aliens in a small town

A couple of aliens with cowboy hats want to conquer the world with some strange animals.

Unlikely plot and very badly aged special effects. It is a movie for children, simple and unpretentious, with atmospheres suitable for the years in which it was made but which is now quite unwatchable.

angelynx

Here's a cute detail

...the pet shop of the title is in a mall where all the stores have strictly generic signs, not names. Early on we see that the sign "Pet Shop" has lost its "P" and so now reads "ET SHOP" - it is, of course, about to be taken over by aliens selling alien pets....

angelynx

Harmless but awful SF/comedy

Pretty, um, unique - a sci-fi comedy for little kids? Definitely trying for a Spielberg-type E.T./Goonies feel, but it's all just too cheap and silly to convince; c'mon, child-snatching villains from outer space whose earthly disguise is Nashville-style cowboy suits and "Western" accents? Other special effects are even cheesier. The kids try hard but are locked into playing "types". The whole budget was probably spent on building robots to animate the five different alien pets, which work fairly well and are cute as heck (one of them looks more like a "Furby" toy than Gizmo the Gremlin does!) --Overall harmless, but pretty awful...

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Originally intended to be released on videocassette during the summer of 1994, the film was eventually pushed to a spring 1995 videocassette release because of financial issues at the production company, Full Moon Entertainment.