Rotten
The mildewed found-footage technique allows some tension to build from offscreen action, but also renders the knockoff John Williams score inexplicable.
Joe McGovern, Entertainment Weekly
Earth to Echo
An adventure as big as the universe.
2014 · 1h 31m · PG
Adventure, Family, Science Fiction
Directed by
Dave Green
Overview
After a construction project begins digging in their neighbourhood, best friends Tuck, Munch and Alex inexplicably begin to receive strange, encoded messages on their cell phones. Convinced something bigger is going on, they go to their parents and the authorities. The three embark on a secret adventure to crack the code and follow it to its source, and discover a mysterious being from another world who desperately needs their help. The journey that follows will change all their lives forever.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
49%
Tomatometer
Fresh
You can imagine ET phoning his legal team, but although this kids' sci-fi adventure is derivative, its characters are drawn with more care and insight than you'd expect.
Trevor Johnston, Time Out
Rotten
If the movie is a waste, at least it's an instructive one, signaling just how offensive children's entertainment might become in the YouTube era.
Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Combining some classic plot movements and plenty of modern trappings (just, like, a lot of cell phones), Earth to Echo is a sweet family film that has something for everyone.
Kate Erbland, Film.com
Rotten
Unlike the very successful Spanish horror thriller [Rec] or even the nausea-inducing Cloverfield, which Echo more closely resembles, this film doesn't maintain a consistent point of view or any logic about what's on screen.
John Anderson, Wall Street Journal
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