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Visit to a Small Planet

1960 · 85 min

A goofy, good-natured romp with silly alien powers and slapstick charm, easy to watch and forget.

Tagline
The space race is on and Jerry's leading it... In reverse!
Overview
The weirdest alien of the galaxy pays a visit to Earth... Jerry Lewis is Kreton, a childish alien who, against his teacher's will leaves his planet to visit the Earth, and lands in the backyard of a famous television journalist who doesn't believe in UFOs and aliens. Wanting to study humans but not able to fully understand them, Kreton makes a mess out of it, generating a lot of comic situations.

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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 3 of 3
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • family
  • love
  • isolation
  • power
Places
  • suburbs
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour8
Realism2
Romance3
Tension2
Darkness1
Complexity2
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
comedy, science fiction, family
Directed by
Norman Taurog
Written by
Edmund Beloin, Henry Garson
Starring
Jerry Lewis, Joan Blackman, Earl Holliman, Fred Clark, John Williams, Jerome Cowan, Gale Gordon, Lee Patrick
Music
Leigh Harline
Cinematography
Loyal Griggs
Runtime
85 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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