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Modelling themselves after an idyllic cookie-cutter suburban 1950s family, a colony of insects move from South America into the United States with the intent of getting access to the nation's nuclear resources.
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"I would say the most important statement in this corny flick; has to be that societal (social) influence can be much greater than anything else (including your priorities for survival) in this case. Yeah, they're aliens trying to fit in. Transformed into a human appearance, pretty much every member of the alien family ends up succumbing to the (not so virtuous) practices (and vices) of those (humans), with whom they interact. And that does have its funny moments, however predictable. I think the alien son (getting stoned with buddies), is pretty funny. Kid plays it well. Begley too, is ..."
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Filmed in 1988/1989, but remained unreleased in the U.S. until early 1991, due to the financial woes of New World Pictures.
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Modelling themselves after an idyllic cookie-cutter suburban 1950s family, a colony of insects move from South America into the United States with the intent of getting access to the nation's nuclear resources.