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Alien (1979) Rank 2 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Alien (1979) a score of 3.5530 out of 4
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Alien (1979) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for FireBlade Coffeehouse DVD ReviewsFireBlade Coffeehouse DVD Reviews
A classic space horror film directed by Ridley Scott and featuring a lot of design by H. R. Giger. The original tagline was “In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream”. Giger’s alien did a pretty good job of making sure that in the movie theater, ...read the complete Alien movie review at FireBlade Coffeehouse DVD Reviews
Alien (1979) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Video GraveyardVideo Graveyard
1979 - 116m. Crew of a spaceship intercepts a distress signal and set down on an unknown planet to investigate. One of the crew members is attacked and infected by a mysterious alien lifeform. After a small while guess what happens to come ...read the complete Alien movie review at Video Graveyard
Alien (1979) scores a combined 1.75 out of 4 stars for Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
At its most fundamental level, "Alien" is a movie about things that can jump out of the dark and kill you. It shares a kinship with the shark in "Jaws," Michael Myers in "Halloween," and assorted spiders, snakes, tarantulas and stalkers. Its most ...read the complete Alien movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Alien (1979) scores a combined 1.75 out of 4 stars for Time OutTime Out
n the wake of the huge commercial success of Alien, almost all attention has perversely focused on the provenance of the script (was it a rip-off of It, the Terror from Beyond Space? Of Van Vogt's fiction? Was former John Carpenter collaborator Dan ...read the complete Alien movie review at Time Out
Alien (1979) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for New York Times (Vincent Canby)New York Times (Vincent Canby)
These things no longer surprise or tantalize us as they once did. In a very short time, science-fiction films have developed their own jargon that's now become a part of the grammar. ...read the complete Alien movie review at New York Times (Vincent Canby)
Alien (1979) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for Prison Flicks Prison Flicks
Appropriately, I have seen Alien3 on three separate occasions. The first was when the movie first came out in 1992. At the time, I didn't like it, perhaps because I was expected an Aliens-like actionfest. I found it slow and tedious. Then a few years ...read the complete Alien movie review at Prison Flicks
 
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Alien (1979) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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