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Wikipedia article
'Luis and the Aliens' is a 2018 computer-animated science-fiction comedy film written and directed by brothers Christoph and Wolfgang Lauenstein, and co-directed by Sean McCormack.Alastair, Pusinelli (29 January 2015) [https://variety.com/2015/film/news/berlin-global-screen-picks-up-luis-and-his-friends-from-outer-space-1201418439/ Berlin: Global Screen Picks Up Luis and His Friends From Outer Space]. 'Variety'. Retrieved 13 April 2021.Barraclough, Leo (27 October 2017) [https://variety.com/2017/film/global/afm-luis-and-the-aliens-1202600825/ AFM: 3D Animated Movie Luis and the Aliens Travels to Multiple Territories (EXCLUSIVE)]. 'Variety'. Retrieved 13 April 2021. The film premiered at the Luxembourg City Film Festival on 2 March 2018, and was released in Germany on 24 May 2018, the US and Canada on 17 August and the UK on 24 August 2018.
Plot
On his 12th birthday, Luis has no friends, and his father, the ufologist Armin Sontag, constantly does not have enough time for him. He does not even know that those whom he is so eager to find are right in front of his nose. On his birthday, Louis becomes the only witness to the crash landing of three aliens near their home. They have a special ability - eating people's hair to transform into anything they want. Louis had never had more fun than being around them. But he quickly realizes that if his father finds out about his secret, it will not end well. He decides to help them fix their mothership and fly away with them to the Winters' house.
Marlon later takes the family's SUV. As the rest of his family returns from his younger sister's play, Armin walks in and tries to force them to assume the guise of aliens. But after the words of their neighbor, Armin Sontag, Mr. Winters and Ms. Dickindecker) set off in pursuit in a courier van.
On the way, Luis reveals the truth to Marlon - in fact, the aliens are traveling with them and Marlon, from which he almost broke the sack. After arriving at Dragon Peak, the aliens and Luis prepare to take off back to her mothership that hovers over the peak. Soon the others arrive there. At the last moment, Ms. Dickindecker takes away Armin Sontag's homemade freezer gun, as Luis tries to stop her but falls off a cliff. Suddenly, Dickindecker transforms into a large dinosaur-like creature called Tontonian. Luis emerges from under the pushed stone. He runs away from the Tontonian, who falls off a cliff. Luis negotiates a plan with Wabo, Nag and Mog. In the course of a difficult duel in which the three aliens pretend to be Luis, gradually leading the Tontonian to the real Luis, who is quickly frozen by him. After that, Stu later sents Dickindecker to his cooling house, and the aliens takes away the "NubbiDubbi" rug ordered by them and they goes back to his mothership.
Voice cast
*Callum Maloney as Luis Sonntag
*Dermot Magennis as Armin Sonntag and Wabo
*Ian Coppinger as Mog
*Paul Tylak as Nag, Mr. Winter, Ice Cream Man and Bill
*Lucy Carolan as Jennifer Yeng
*Eoin Daly as Marlon Winter
*Aileen Mythen as Mrs. Winter, Valentina and Ms. Diekendaker
*Simon Toal as the principal
Release
The film had its premiere at the Luxembourg City Film Festival on 2 March 2018,[https://www.luxfilmfest.lu/en/films/luis-and-aliens Luis and Aliens, Luxembourgish Premiere In the presence of the co-director Sean McCormack] at the Luxembourg City Film Festival web site. 'Luxfilmfest.lu'. Retrieved 13 April 2021. and premiered in Germany at the Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film on 27 April. It was released in cinemas in Germany on 24 May, the US and Canada on 17 August and the UK on 24 August. The film grossed $12,632,840 worldwide.
The film received generally negative reviews from critics.Clarke, Cath (24 August 2018) [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/aug/24/luis-and-the-aliens-review-bland-and-predictable-extraterrestrial-adventure Luis and the Aliens review bland and predictable extraterrestrial adventure]. 'The Guardian'. Retrieved 13 April 2021.Staff (15 August 2018) [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/luis-aliens-1135318 Luis and the Aliens': Film Review]. 'The Hollywood Reporter'. Retrieved 13 April 2021. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 24% from 17 reviews,[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/luis_and_the_aliens Luis and the Aliens] at Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 13 April 2021. and on Metacritic it has a score of 46 out of 100 based on 4 reviews, indicating "Mixed or average reviews."[https://www.metacritic.com/movie/luis-and-the-aliens Luis and the Aliens] at Metacritic. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
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