- CELEBRITY
- 07:45 AM, Apr 27
so sappy, cutesy and cloying that it makes "E.T." look like "Citizen Kane"by Rafer Guzman [Newsday ]
it's plainly derivative, but Dave Green's debut feature is heartfelt and funby Sandie Angulo Chen [Washington Post ]
Earth to Echo is unlikely to become the heartwarming classic that 1982's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is, but the family-friendly sci-fi adventure has its own charmsby Claudia Puig [USA Today ]
Earth to Echo is derivative, but it's refreshingly updatedby David Hiltbrand [Philadelphia Inquirer ]
a nice message, in any decadeby Moira Macdonald [Seattle Times ]
"Earth to Echo" is a copy of a copy. The movie feels less like a weak "E.T." than a substandard "Mac and Me"by Elizabeth Weitzman [NY Daily News ]