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Aliens in the Attic

2009 · 86 min · Director: John Schultz ★ IMDb 5.5 · 26,569 ratings

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Stuart Pearson heads with his family to spend a summer vacation in Creek Landing, Michigan, with his brother Nathan Pearson and his sons and their mother Rose in an old lake house they had rented. When the television has trouble with the image, Stuart's son Tom and the arrogant boyfriend of his sister Ricky Dillman go to the attic and then to the roof, where Tom meets his cousin Jake and they find the antenna dish totally destroyed. Sooner they discover four alien invaders that are preparing an invasion of the Earth that use a mind control weapon that only affects adults and they lock the quartet in the attic. Now they need to a find a way to force the adults to leave the house and discover the vulnerability of the invaders to plot a defense plan to save our planet.

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Emotional fingerprint

Aliens in the Attic (2009) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 35%, Excitement 25%, Surprise 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Humor35%
  2. Relief10%

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Each viewer contributes one response, split equally across their selected emotions. When available, an automated estimate supplies a prior that is blended with those responses. Counts include distinct viewers, not automated estimates or archived anonymous votes. Fewer than 3 viewers is an early estimate; more responses do not guarantee certainty.

Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Excitement, Surprise. Genres: Comedy, Adventure, Family. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Excitement and Surprise. Its IMDb rating of 5.5/10 suggests a mixed audience reception; consider how well the emotional profile suits you. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 58/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Humor
  • Tension
  • Relief

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Relief

Humor
Tension
Relief
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 83 %, then dips around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorTensionRelief
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor32 %28 %13 %0 %
7.5 %≈ 6′Humor35 %32 %14 %0 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Humor39 %34 %19 %1 %
17.5 %≈ 15′Curiosity46 %35 %32 %5 %
22.5 %≈ 19′Tension55 %40 %48 %8 %
27.5 %≈ 24′Humor55 %38 %50 %6 %
32.5 %≈ 28′Tension55 %36 %49 %8 %
37.5 %≈ 32′Humor56 %45 %48 %13 %
42.5 %≈ 37′Humor54 %48 %45 %13 %
47.5 %≈ 41′Humor53 %40 %41 %14 %
52.5 %≈ 45′Relief51 %31 %36 %19 %
57.5 %≈ 49′Curiosity51 %31 %41 %14 %
62.5 %≈ 54′Tension51 %39 %44 %8 %
67.5 %≈ 58′Humor53 %44 %43 %10 %
72.5 %≈ 62′Tension59 %40 %51 %11 %
77.5 %≈ 67′Tension64 %34 %59 %10 %
82.5 %≈ 71′Tension69 %33 %63 %25 %
87.5 %≈ 75′Relief68 %33 %50 %45 %
92.5 %≈ 80′Relief54 %36 %20 %34 %
97.5 %≈ 84′Humor43 %40 %5 %12 %
Rags to riches

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

CJ
Carter Jenkins

Tom Pearson

RH
Robert Hoffman

Austin Butler

Jake Pearson

CJ
Carter Jenkins

Ashley French

Bethany Pearson

AB
Ashley Boettcher

Hannah Pearson

RH
Robert Hoffman

Ricky Dillman

Doris Roberts

Nana Rose Pearson

HY
Henri Young

Art Pearson

RY
Regan Young

Lee Pearson

Kevin Nealon

Stuart Pearson

Gillian Vigman

Nina Pearson

Andy Richter

Uncle Nathan Pearson

Tim Meadows

Sheriff Doug Armstrong

M
Melise

Julie

MP
Megan Parker

Brooke

MV
Maggie VandenBerghe

Annie Filkins

Thomas Haden Church

Tazer (voice)

J.K. Simmons

Skip (voice)

Josh Peck

Sparks (voice)

Kari Wahlgren

Razor (voice)

DM
Doug MacMillan

Police Radio Dispatch

Details

Directed by
John Schultz
Type
Movies
Released
2009
Runtime
86 min
Country
Canada, United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.5 · 26,569 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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