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Coneheads

1993 · 87 min

A silly, good-natured comedy full of oddball aliens and broad gags, easy to watch and gently satirical about fitting in.

Tagline: You may not notice them at first, but they are among us.
Overview: A pair of aliens arrive on Earth to prepare for invasion, but crash instead. With enormous cone-shaped heads, robotlike walks and an appetite for toilet paper, aliens Beldar and Prymatt don't exactly blend in with the population of Paramus, N.J. But for some reason, everyone believes them when they say they're from France.

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Tone: absurdstrength 3 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 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: immigration
family
identity
found family
rebellion
Places: suburbs
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	4
Horror	1
Humour	8
Realism	2
Romance	3
Tension	3
Darkness	2
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	3

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Genres: comedy, science fiction
Directed by: Steve Barron
Written by: Tom Davis, Terry Turner, Dan Aykroyd, Bonnie Turner
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, Michael McKean, Laraine Newman, Jason Alexander, Lisa Jane Persky, Chris Farley, David Spade
Music: David Newman
Cinematography: Francis Kenny
Runtime: 87 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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