Doin’ Time on Planet Earth Movie Review

Adolescent boy feels out of place amid his obnoxious family and tacky suburban community. Two UFO nuts (Adam West and Candice Azzara) suddenly pop up and provide an explanation: the kid is descended from a long-marooned race of spacemen – teenage alienation, get it? If he can recall the coordinates, he and other outcasts can blast off this lousy world for their true home planet. One suspects that this comedy captures the wistful secret hopes of many an sf fan, but it ultimately cops out on the extraterrestrial premise. Too bad. Directed by the son of Walter Matthau.

1988 (PG-13) 83m/C Adam West, Candice Azzara, Hugh O'Brian, Matt Adler, Timothy Patrick Murphy, Roddy McDowall, Maureen Stapleton, Nicholas Strouse, Andrea Thompson, Hugh Gillin, Gloria Henry; D: Charles Matthau. VHS, Beta WAR