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Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: A tiresome roundelay of lies, lust and leaping paranoia. Read more
Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times: As comedies go, it's as dry as bleached bones in the desert, but you can't blame Vigalondo for taking another shot at cleverness. Read more
Noel Murray, AV Club: A lightly comic genre piece where not much happens and no one has much amusing to say. Read more
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: It's easy to settle in for the oddball charms of this tale of love among the ruins. Read more
Andrew Lapin, NPR: There is originality, certainly. But Vigalondo teased us with the moon and the stars, and delivered only the terrestrial. Read more
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: Quirky, but infinitely more interesting than big-budget Hollywood cousins. Read more
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: A bone-dry and nearly pitch-perfect combo of romantic comedy, absurdist farce and alien-invasion drama... Read more
Dennis Harvey, Variety: Results are offbeat and amusing, but also a bit thin as the whole essentially amounts to one long shaggy-dog joke. Read more
Michael Leaverton, Village Voice: Extraterrestrial is a comedy dropped agreeably into an alien invasion-well, maybe not invasion. The spaceship just sits there. Read more