Coneheads
The movie is about aliens planning to invade the Earth, who have Anglicized their Remulakian surname to 'Conehead'. But due to a malfunction, they find themselves plunged into the Hudson River and forced to take up residence in Paramus, New Jersey where Beldar gets work as an appliance salesman and makes a deal for a phony social security card.
24 July 1949, Culver City, Los Angeles, California, USA
17 October 1947, New York City, New York, USA
6 March 1959, Ottumwa, Iowa, USA
10 November 1956, Benton Harbor, Michigan, USA
8 April 1938, New York City, New York, USA
15 February 1964, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
2 November 1961, Bombay, India
22 March 1931, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
17 May 1957, New York City, New York, USA
17 January 1947, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
May 22, 2015
It ultimately fails because it lacks sufficient satire or an edge.
August 03, 2011
A one-joke movie, stretched to the limit.
May 20, 2003
Coneheads falls flat about as often as it turns funny, and displays more amiability than style.
May 16, 2008
Its transition to the big screen suggests an idea that was plotted on the back of a beer mat when the creators were too pickled to stand up straight. One wishes they had passed out before they were so inspired.
January 01, 2000
This is a dismal, dreary and fairly desperate movie, in which the actors try very hard but are unable to overcome an uninspired screenplay.
May 16, 2008
A sweet, funny anarchic pastiche that should find broad based popularity.
January 01, 2000
I expected stupid humor, silly humor, or bizarre humor, but not no humor.
January 01, 2000
Curtin and Aykroyd rely on old standbys... When that doesn't work, which mostly it doesn't, they try grossing us out with a series of revolting Remulakian childbirth jokes.
June 24, 2014
So-so '90s movie based on '70s SNL sketch has edgy humor.
December 21, 2004
Feh!
May 16, 2008
Can you inflate a gimmick-driven comedy skit into a full-fledged feature film? Up to a point.
May 16, 2008
Whether on Earth or in space, the jokes are either flat or hopelessly crude.
