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Earthling

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A mysterious atmospheric event causes several people to remember that they are aliens disguised as humans, and they face a tough choice -- to stay hidden on Earth or find a way home.

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Gary Dowell Dallas Morning News 05/19/2011
With Earthling, local filmmaker Clay Liford delivers a pseudoscience-fiction drama short on detail but heavy on brooding atmosphere. Go to Full Review
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Paul W @Ptwebber 1d Total waste of time made no sense at all no action just people making it up as they go along See more Glenn R @RT04382205 Aug 14 Extremely tedious. It's as if they are making it up as they go along. See more 05/05/2019 A different Sci-Fi movie. More into 'personal' drama and doubts of the aliens. Normally they are just the enemy, but now they are the protagonists, and it makes a strange effect to get even identified with them. Totally recommendable for Sci-Fi enthusiats, even it is not an easy film and you have to pay full attention, and be confortable with 'human' drama. See more 06/13/2015 Clay Liford is an innovative filmmaker without a budget. There are some interesting ideas brewing in Earthling, but the SciFi genre used fails to convey them. It seems as if there is a compelling existential examination of loneliness and the societal challenges that form barriers preventing true connection to each other. The problem is Liford is trying so hard to overcome the limitations of special effects and plot that is all too familiar. It doesn't work, but I'd rather pay to see a talented artist taking risks that fail --- than a mediocre SciFi/Horror movie with lots of great special effects without any attempt at character development. The director aims to high, but there are some engaging moments to be found. See more 05/19/2014 As if a screenwriter worked backward from a fully-formed story, then parceled pieces of it to create viewer intrigue along the way. Unfortunately, doing that requires more exposition than was included in the film. See more 12/04/2013 Weird movie, kept me on the edge of my seat, made me think. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A mysterious atmospheric event causes several people to remember that they are aliens disguised as humans, and they face a tough choice -- to stay hidden on Earth or find a way home.
Director
Clay Liford
Producer
Adam Donaghey, Barak Epstein, Clay Liford
Screenwriter
Clay Liford
Production Co
Zero Trans Fat Productions
Genre
Sci-Fi
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 14, 2012
Runtime
1h 51m