Product Details

• Actors: Amy Allison, Anthony Arcidi, Vera Beren, Matthew Brown (III), Thea Button
• Format: Animated, Color, DVD, Letterboxed, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Indie DVD
• DVD Release Date: July 1, 2003
• Run Time: 177 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00008ZZ8O
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #80,558 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Outrageous, outlandish, and more than a little perverse, Mutant Aliens could only have sprung from the mind and drawing board of animator Bill Plympton. As with his previous features The Tune and I Married a Strange Person, Plympton can't sustain an idea very long before he drifts into wild digressions, in this case involving plenty of boisterous sex and blood-spattering violence, and his story's too weak to hold your undivided attention. Still, who else but Plympton could serve up a raunchy freak-show about a stranded astronaut rescued by nose-shaped aliens, his sexually insatiable daughter and her dim-bulb boyfriend, a bevy of mutated lab animals, and a greedy corporate shark bent on exploiting them all? Plympton's minimalist style combines watercolor impressionism with crudely animated weirdness; he's got the mind of a juvenile delinquent, indulging his fantasies through animation that's unmistakably his own. If that means that storytelling takes a back seat to bizarre space oddities, who better than Plympton to go crazily over the top? --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Master of the short form...get the picture?, September 28, 2003

By	LGwriter "SharpWitGuy" (Astoria, N.Y. United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

Bill Plympton is a great animator whose brilliant imagination is seen at its best in the Plymptoons video/DVD, a collection of many of his short pieces through the years. But when he tries his hand at a feature length film--past efforts include The Tune and I Married a Strange Person--he's only intermittently successful. Plot is not his strong suit; bizarre transformations and visual satire are.

So here we have another feature length Plympton work. The Tune actually did work, thanks to the nimble songwriting talents of Plympton's musical partner Maureen McElheron. But Ms. McElheron is not in evidence for Mutant Aliens and so the writer-director has a bunch of wacko looking human goofballs who--right, you guessed it--change shape to become the aliens they really are. In the process of getting to this point, lots of strange sex and violence is proffered, none of which adds up to much in terms of telling any real story.

The three stars are for Plympton's astounding visual imagination and occasionally sharp sense of humor. But look elsewhere for an animated film that actually has real substance.

3.0 out of 5 stars Great Movie! DVD lacking features.., March 30, 2009

By	A. Sheldon (Lynchburg, VA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a great DVD. The movie is awesome and hilarious! My only issue is that there really just weren't enough bonus features on the DVD. I mean, to me, that is the whole point of getting something on DVD. I love to watch bonus features and commentaries; and sadly, this DVD is lacking in that department. If you are only interested in the movie itself, then I would definitely recommend this DVD!

3.0 out of 5 stars Flying body parts, perversity, loyalty & trust...it has got it all, September 20, 2006

By	Gayle Surrette "omnivorous reader" (Brandywine, Maryland) - See all my reviews

Watching this made me feel creepy but it was hilarious in parts, embarrassing in others. There's a young girl who thought she saw her father killed when it was launched in a rocket ship. She dedicates her life to the study of the skies. But then her father comes back -- years have past and he has the most outrageous story to tell. It's a film that can't be described -- you'll not be neutral about it but whether you'll like it, love it, or hate it will depend on just how high your tolerance for the weird is. I gave it a 3 because I haven't really figured out how I felt about it.