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UFO Fever

2003

A scrappy, silly mock-documentary lark that coasts on amateur charm and deadpan absurdity rather than scares.

Directed by
Lee Bennett Sobel
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Noel Francomano, Philip Galinsky, Don Arrup
Overview
Leaving their New Jersey home to capture the existence of space aliens on camera -- and to collect a $1 million prize -- the Ganes clan vanishes and is never heard from again. Shot in the vein of The Blair Witch Project with an improvised script and a premise that the movie is compiled from "recovered" footage filmed by the Ganes family, this 2003 comedy lampoons two of America's favorite obsessions: money and UFOs.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Lee Bennett Sobel
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Noel Francomano, Philip Galinsky, Don Arrup
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How it feels

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • greed
  • family
  • media
  • mystery
Places
  • road trip
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • found footage
  • mockumentary
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour6
Realism4
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight2

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Genres
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Directed by
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Written by
Lee Bennett Sobel, Geraldine Winters
Starring
Noel Francomano, Philip Galinsky, Don Arrup, Jay Cavanaugh
Country
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