Now I can't really confirm that I actually saw this when I was a kid, I watched it recently after finding a VHS copy at my local library and didn't remember any of it. Either way, it's a fun little odd film from director Roland Emmerich, who gave us Stargate and Independence Day.
Being made in Germany, it shares that quirkiness and charm that only foreign-made family films of that time period possess. There's also a lot of silly references to Star Wars, E.T., and Poltergeist sprinkled throughout. At first I thought it was just an homage, but it gets to the point where it's a little too blatantly obvious that they're ripping them off.
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