Skyline 2010

Critics score:
15 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Glenn Kenny, MSN Movies: More and more frequent attacks by the brain-sucking outer space invaders... don't come so much as frights or thrills as they do a form of relief; as long as the mayhem's going on, we're spared the dialogue. Read more

Mike Hale, New York Times: Trapped inside what looks like a Marina del Rey condo complex, the principals raise and lower the blinds, run up and down the stairs and occasionally venture outside, while the audience, if it has the energy, yells: "No! Don't do that! That's stupid!" Read more

Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out: So bland it's easy to forget the title only minutes after exiting, this Emmerich-by-numbers invasion movie exists only to offer you the cutting edge in unconvincing special effects. Read more

Scott Tobias, AV Club: The science-fiction thriller Skyline falls squarely -- and a little endearingly -- into the Roger Corman tradition of cheap cash-ins on popular hits. Read more

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: These aren't moviemakers who live even in other movies, let alone the world. They live in hard drives. Read more

J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader: Visual-effects wizards Greg and Colin Strause directed, showing more affinity for the city's steel and glass than for any of the characters. Read more

Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: It's like a trip to a Kmart staffed by the ugliest beings imaginable. Read more

Adam Markovitz, Entertainment Weekly: The Strauses used their tech savvy to make a marvel of logistics that looks every bit as slick as a studio tentpole. It's just a shame they haven't figured out a way to CG a decent story. Yet. Read more

Megan Lehmann, Hollywood Reporter: A laughably bad sci-fi mash-up with some above-average special effects. Read more

Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: It's finally here: The most boring alien-invasion movie ever. Read more

Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: "Skyline" plays like an effects guru's resume reel, not a movie. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: How this managed not to go direct-to-DVD (and actually get a wide distribution rather than just a handful-of-theaters dump) is one of 2010's great cinematic mysteries. Read more

Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: The only fascinating thing about Skyline is that that such a mad muddle of a movie can even exists in an era of corporate homogeneity and purported quality-controlled. Read more

Jason Anderson, Toronto Star: There's a kind of magic that happens when a movie inspires complete strangers to ridicule it to each other on the way out of the theatre. Read more

Tom Huddleston, Time Out: Imagine it's 1953 and you're watching a movie called 'Brain Suckers from Planet X', and you might even have a good time. Read more

Joe Leydon, Variety: An underwhelming and derivative sci-fi thriller that's only marginally more impressive than a run-of-the-mill SyFy Channel telepic. Read more