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Feb 04, 2024BaronLivesy rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
There seem to be two kind of opinions about this movie. One: it's a great, fascinating, if slightly weird film. Two: It's boring, meaningless and why did anyone bother to make it? Actually, I found more reviews of the latter kind, and…
Feb 04, 2024VonHafenstaaad rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
If you have seen the film, you know it's great! Under appreciated!
Jul 17, 2023BlueHippo rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
I read the book before seeing this movie. The book is better. At the beginning of the movie, I had high hopes for it as it starts out being pretty true to the book. Unfortunately, the movie spirals downward into a series of sex scenes that…
May 15, 2023spookydoo rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I probably would have given this movie a 1 1/2 to 2 star rating when I first watched it many years ago. But after multiple viewings throughout the years I can now say that I appreciate the composition of this film and I thoroughly enjoyed…
Dec 24, 2022AlexxanderOzzy rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
A strange and meandering sci-fi drama with a terrific performance by the late David Bowie. The iconic rock star plays a humanoid alien on a mission to save his dying planet. But eventually, he meets a woman and becomes distracted with the…
Feb 28, 2022DKester rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
This had the potential to be good, but it wasn't. Being too long and disjointed outweighs any of its positive qualities. I guess I was too bored to pay enough attention, but I never did catch the reason for two brief appearances by the…
Jan 23, 2021WittyPenguin rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Another 1st-time viewing for me, thanks to @VPL. SF in presentation, but is actually about what is important to the protagonist: family and love. In many ways it resembles Duncan Jones' “Mute,” in a thematic sense of protecting family;…
Dec 05, 2020barthv rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
Weird 1970s sci-fi movie. Lots of random nudity. If you want to see a movie with David Bowie, Labyrinth is ten times better than this weirdness. Interesting in a weird way, but if Bowie wasn't in it I wouldn't even have given it the time…
Sep 09, 2019CPLannie rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
With all due respect to David Bowie, this film is an absolutely horrible adaption of a wonderfully written excellent novel by Walter Tevis. Who, incidentally, also wrote The Hustler, which was brought to the big screen, in a fashion that…
Nov 25, 2018RoyalJellyIII rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
In Nicolas Roeg's sci-fi singularity, David Bowie is perfectly cast as a distant alien, unable to properly connect, who sinks into a moneyed, paranoid abyss. Requires multiple viewings to fully appreciate the complexity and depth of…
Oct 30, 2018
The Man Who Fell To Earth was - Weird, but not wacky - Sensuous, but not sensationalistic - Odd, but not overdone - Entertaining, but not exaggerated. Pop idol, David Bowie (in his screen debut) played the title character, Thomas J.…
Mar 27, 2018akirakato rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
Directed by Nicolas Roeg in 1976 based on Walter Tevis' 1963 novel of the same name, this British SF drama depicts the visit of an extraterrestrial who crash lands on Earth seeking a way to ship water to his planet, which is suffering from…
Dec 28, 2017Nursebob rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Opening with a truckload of sheep being led to slaughter and closing with a sacrificial lamb of a different kind, Roeg's hippy-trippy oddity about a benevolent alien who falls to Earth (literally and figuratively) only to face exploitation…
Aug 29, 2017800kw0rm_31337 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Visually stunning, a provocative science fiction rocket launch for David Bowie. Also, ladies n gents, be warned, he's nude for about 30 seconds. Ultimately, for me, the film added a more interesting context to his unique career.
May 04, 2017uncommonreader rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
This film has marginal interest as a period piece, but it had nothing to say in 1976 and nothing relevant to say now.
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Feb 08, 2017Janice21383 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Reading the book will fill in gaps in the story. But a film should be judged for itself, so put it this way: The Man Who Fell to Earth is a moody 1970s art film. Very 1970s, very arty. It isn't Star Wars or Marvel Universe; in fact, it has…
Feb 04, 2017StevenRobinson rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
Wow. Badly edited. From start to finish, this mess of a movie made very little sense. The plot was hard to follow and in scenes where Bowie needed to show some serious emotion, he fell woefully short. Sadly, the term "cult classic" is…
Jan 29, 2017gnomenut rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
A clunker. Interesting only if you want to see Bowie.
Nov 04, 2016rbookman23 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Challenging, disturbing, thought-provoking. One of the best SF movies to come out of the 70s, and maybe one of the best every. Sorry, no spaceships or "pew pew".
Oct 28, 2016tow0bola rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
Not a fan. This version is like watching soft porn with an actual storyline. Kind of goofy. I liked the remake in the 80's so I thought I would give this a try. I wasn't impressed seeing David Bowie's "junk".
Aka_Aka_Aka
Oct 24, 2016Aka_Aka_Aka rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
A very weird and uneven Sci-Fi movie from 1976 that has its good points, as well as its not-so-good points. Worth seeing just for David Bowie's performance as the alien.
Apr 09, 2016RoseyCoffee rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
First thing's first - this is a weird movie. Does it make sense? Does it come around full circle to tie up loose ends? Does it enlighten the viewer to new concepts? The answer to all three is no. At times I thought I knew what was going…
Marinetti
Apr 16, 2015Marinetti rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
A classic Nic Roeg movie- and a one of the better sci-fi movies ever made- the disjointed and fragmented nature of the film is a trademark of many Nicholas Roeg films- it means YOU the viewer must THINK a little to figure out what is going…
Froster
Nov 29, 2014Froster rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
This is well-nigh unwatchable. As well as disjointed, disaffected and cheap-looking. Also: repetitious, meandering, tedious. Overpraised, too. But if this means anything to anyone, you do get to see Bowie's schvonze, briefly. (Hmm.…