*Batteries Not Included Reviews

This film is full of tenderness, love, emotions and nostalgia. For someone born in the 1950s, they have seen entire neighborhoods of their youth disappear to make way for architectural horrors. Promoters don't care that you spent your life in happy times. Lunches that weren't fast food dirt yet but still real food, the coffee didn't come out of a machine. The film is entertaining and makes you dream; the little living flying saucers are really endearing. the various characters in the house are played to perfection by the actors. I find the general rating quite severe.

No matter how much I try, I just cannot dislike this movie. I mean it's not a really bad film or anything, it's just not that great... average would be the word. It's a sweet film for families etc. but as I am such a callous person I didn't tend to look at that side of the movie. Instead I tried and looked at the plot, and well there isn't much of one to be honest really. I think it's just a movie for families, average, some may find it sweet, basically. But, I totally agree with the first review on this movie, that's the truth alright. But, I would easily understand why people would give this lower than a 6, I mean come on, it's the truth, robots only come to earth to save a building??!!...Yeah, that is quite true indeed. The film is a complete tine-passer, it's something you'd end up watching if your date never arrived, let's just put it that way.

Is it worth watching? erm, no, not really, but I guess if it was on television, then I guess it's sorta worth it. This film is kind of like a poor Steven Spielberg film, so only watch it when you bored out of your mind.

Family movie; For those wanting a cuter, more child friendly, version of cocoon, this is it. A bunch of little robots from outer space come to save the residents of a dilapidated apartment building who are being forced out by an evil property developer

Reasonable special effects for the time. Dialog and plot offer no suprises, but then again...they're not really meant to.

Enjoyable if you want something that grandma and the kids can all watch one holiday afternoon if it happens to be on tele.

Batteries not included? I wish film wasn't included in the cameras that made this fantastical-mechanical garbage. I love the alien mechanical life-forms, but seriously, they come to earth to save a building and its worthy tenants from demolition, I don't think so.