Earth To Echo
The film folows four friends Tuck, Mund, Alex and Emma. Their neighbourhood is being destroyed by a highway construction project that is forcing their families to move away. But just two days before they must part ways, the boys begin receiving a strange series of signals on their phones. Convinced something bigger is going on, they team set out to look for the source of their phone signals. What they discover is something beyond their wildest imaginations: a small alien who has become stranded on Earth. In need of their help, the four friends come together to protect the alien and help him find his way home. This journey, full of wonder and adventure, is their story, and their secret.
10 February 1999, Lianjiang, China
31 July 1998, Glendale, Arizona, USA
19 May 1970, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
22 August 1976, Allendale, New Jersey, USA
2 May 1958, Joliet, Illinois, USA
March 26, 2016
Whenever Echo is sticking to the kids and their camaraderie, it mostly works as intended.
August 29, 2014
Sad to say it is not even this generation's 'Short Circuit.' Families deserve much better entertainment at the movie theater, summer or otherwise.
July 10, 2014
If the movie is a waste, at least it's an instructive one, signaling just how offensive children's entertainment might become in the YouTube era.
August 08, 2014
It has a good young cast, some occasionally dazzling special effects and a message that even when growing friends grow move apart it's not the end of their own little world.
July 07, 2014
Unlike the very successful Spanish horror thriller [Rec] or even the nausea-inducing Cloverfield, which Echo more closely resembles, this film doesn't maintain a consistent point of view or any logic about what's on screen.
July 23, 2014
You can imagine ET phoning his legal team, but although this kids' sci-fi adventure is derivative, its characters are drawn with more care and insight than you'd expect.
July 07, 2014
With authentic characters, dialogue and settings, Echo's filmmakers have successfully created a story younger kids and pre-teens growing up in a Millennial and post-Millennial culture can relate to.
July 07, 2014
Combining some classic plot movements and plenty of modern trappings (just, like, a lot of cell phones), Earth to Echo is a sweet family film that has something for everyone.
April 02, 2015
Clichéd and predictable it may all be, there is no denying the infectious quality of pure optimism.
August 08, 2014
Earth to Echo won't wallop young viewers, but I wouldn't be surprised if kids who catch this at the right age are utterly captivated.
December 03, 2014
The mildewed found-footage technique allows some tension to build from offscreen action, but also renders the knockoff John Williams score inexplicable.
August 23, 2014
All in all, "Earth to Echo" is passable family entertainment, neither unforgettable nor particularly bad.

