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Earth To Echo Movie Review

Name: Earth to Echo Movie Review
Item: Earth to Echo
Rating: 2
Author: Sonali Sharma

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Review for the film " Earth to Echo"

Streaming On: Amazon Prime Video

Runtime: 1 Hour 29 Minutes

Certificate: U

Released: 02-07-2014

Genre: Adventure, Drama

Similar To: The Casagrandes, First Cow, Wendy, Lying And Stealing

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CAST & CREW

Jason Gray-Stanford

Sonya Leslie

Joseph Trapanese

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Producer:

Andrew Panay

Music Director:

Joseph Trapanese

Editor:

Crispin Struthers

Director:

Dave Green

Movie Actor:

Reese C. Hartwig

Teo Hamm

Jason Gery-Stanford

Brian Bradley

Movie Actress:

Tiffany Espensen

Ella Wahlestedt

Supporting Actress:

Sonya Leslie

Costume Designer:

Judianna Makovsky

Art Director:

Richard Bloom

First Assistant Director:

Steffen Hagen

Second Assistant Director:

Jeffrey Schwartz

Co-Producer:

Adam Blum

Director of Photography:

Maxime Alexandre

Executive Producer:

Ryan Kavanaugh

Robbie Brenner

Mark Benton Johnson

Tucker Tooley

Line Producer:

Patrick Peach

Casting Director:

Tamara Notcutt

Randi Hiller

Animator:

James Humphries

empty:

John Chalfant

Visual Effects Supervisor:

Mitchell S Drain

Screenplay Writer:

Henry Gayden

Story Writer:

Henry Gayden

Andrew Panay

Production Designer:

Kasra Farahani

Set Decorator:

Missy Parker

Makeup Artist:

Tracy Manzo

Elena Arroy

Set Dresser:

Adan Avila

Sound Editor:

Art Espinosa

Music Coordinator:

Ian Broucek

Supporting Actor:

Chris Wylde

Myk Watford

Valerie Wildman

Reese Hartwig

Cassius Willis

Mary Pat Gleason

Tiffany Espensen

Ella Wahlestedt

Arthur Darbinyan

Israel Broussard

Samantha Elizondo

Astro Bradley

Drake Kemper

Peter Mackenzie

Virginia Louise Smith

Jason Gray-Stanford

Teo Halm

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In this found-footage adventure of three pre-teens when they go investigating one night only to find a small alien is what many would call a rip-off from “E. T.” where the youngsters are the one who save the day and finds a way for their alien friend to go back home.

Plot: The three friends, a budding tech-savvy filmmaker, Tuck, the foster kid, and the “acquired taste”, Munch are inclined to record every moment of their adventures as they try to investigate a strange shape that have been appearing on their smartphones. Just the night before they are supposed to be moving away from the neighborhood, they decide to explore the nearby desert area that looks like the shape on their phones and end up discovering a small metal-like alien whom they then help to find his missing pieces, so that it can go back home.

The camera movements are expectedly very jerky as they are supposed to be handled by kids between the age of 9 to 12, as they are running, riding their bikes, and tried to capture their reactions and upload the video of their adventures on Youtube. Not only are they keen on filmmaking, but they are all the kind of kids who know how to use their smartphones for not only texting, clicking pictures and recording video, but also are very much accustomed to using Google maps to find out about places and smoothly navigate. The performance of all the child artists were very impressive as they managed to do more than their bit to keep for this movie, for it mostly was riding on the most natural and free performances of these kids.

The CGI effects of the movie are very real indeed, especially of the scene where the alien saves a car from head-on colliding with a trailer-truck, by dismantling the truck and then putting it back together in the other side of the road. There are some scenes where the kids have to visit a bar and a high-school party and also learn how to drive (using Google instructions). These may not be appropriate for the target audience of the movie, but overall, this movie teaches us a lot of about friendships and standing up for your loved-ones especially when it is difficult.

Verdict: To this modern day, inclined technology story about how the friendships with no boundaries and conditions rule one night of unforgettable adventure, I give this movie, 4 out of 5 victories.

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