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4.9/10   281 votes
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Writers (WGA):
Kathy Mackel (book)
Kathy Mackel (teleplay)
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Release Date:
10 April 1999 (USA) more
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Who's Got Time to Be a Teenager When You Have to Save the World?
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A teen is visited by aliens after he broadcasts a message into space. | add synopsis
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sweet but no jim henson more (7 total)

Cast

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Michael Shulman ... Mike Pillsbury

Erika Christensen ... Katelyn Sands
Adam Wylie ... Nick

Andrew Ducote ... Jay
Garrett M. Brown ... Dana Pillsbury

Lee Garlington ... Pamela Pillsbury
Brighton Hertford ... Jill Pillsbury
Marcus Turner ... Scott Tribler

Malcolm McDowell ... Barnabus (voice)
Chris Davies ... Ryan
Marie Stillin ... Mrs. Nickerson
Jessica Murdoch ... Katelyn's Friend
Terry David Mulligan ... Coach Trembly

Hrothgar Mathews ... Thoad Human (as Hrogather Matthews)

Brian Steele ... Thoad Creature
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Brazil:90 min | Germany:80 min
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sweet but no jim henson, 11 April 1999
5/10
Author: NAHNCEE from LA, CA, USA

About a teenaged boy suffering rejection angst who messages The Universe to come and take him away because he doesn't belong on earth. The movie overall is "sweet" - no one is too awful, and nothing too terrible happens to him. The production values are so low as to become distracting; i.e., the aliens are not cute or interesting, the halloween dance has a total of about 20 participants, and his "high tech equipment" consists of a laptop and a backyard satellite dish. You have never heard of any of the actors in this, except for the kid nextdoor neighbor. I watched it because TV Guide rated it very very highly - I wonder what they were thinking of.

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