Rating: 6 out of 10, I didn't know what to make of this movie when it first came out. I've always liked John Cusack and thought this would be another one of his dark comedies that I enjoy thoroughly. Unfortunately it is what it's title suggests, a kind of lame sci fi comedy. There are some extremely funny bits, mostly aimed at the fashion and customs of 1980's; fertile ground there. The biggest problem is the amount of screen time given to Corddray. He's very funny in small roles but he's just not charismatic enough to carry the load they asked him to here. Cusack just sleep walks through this and Chevy Chase is his usual abomination (he was last funny in Christmas Vacation, a couple of decades ago). This is one of those movies where just when you think its ready to take off and be something very funny it goes in another, less humorous, direction. I get the impression this was a vanity project where some guys got together and reminisced about how cool the 80s were. Glover is very funny in a small part where everyone is waiting for his arm to be torn off; you have to see the movie to understand why that is funny. Duke is less than funny in what could have been a break out role as the son watching his mother party at roughly the same age he is; scary thought there for all parents. There's a bunch of nudity and some funny digs at Reagan era young republicans but overall this movie disappoints with the great cast underachieving.
MVP: Robinson is very funny as the failed musician Nick Weber, calling his then 8 year old wife to profanely complain about a future infidelity
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