Any movie about kids and aliens inevitably will draw comparisons to “E.T.,” but “Earth to Echo” also includes the friendship adventure of “The Goonies” and “Stand By Me” combined ...

If the children of today haven’t seen “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial,” they won’t notice how much “Earth to Echo” echoes the Steven Spielberg classic from 1982.

One should view ‘Earth to Echo’ with a couple of qualifications. The first is, yes, of course, it’s like Steven Spielberg’s ‘E.T.’ in that a group of kids bond with a cute alien and ...

"Echo" is more of an homage to "E.T." than a ripoff. "Barfing" is when cellphones start acting up. Echo communicates in sprightly chirps. "Earth to Echo" embraces Spielbergian nostalgia. Phone ...

The one upside is that Earth to Echo is a fine family movie that the majority of people are going to have fun discovering for the first time. Its DVD price is just a couple of bucks and in the ...

"My heart is beating so fast right now!" a character announces midway through "Earth to Echo." Well, it's nice somebody was excited. But when a movie has to resort to that - bulletins as to how ...

Alex (Teo Halm) encounters Echo, a small alien who has become stranded on Earth, in "Earth to Echo."Courtesy of Relativity Media (Left) ELLA LINNEA WAHLSTEDT (Right) TEO HELM and Echo a small ...

But on its own modest terms, the alien adventure “Earth to Echo” is a lively and likable knockoff that should divert, if not exactly enthrall, tweens and young teens. Logic hounds beware, however.

The idea that aliens might choose to communicate with Earthlings via our technology is far from a new one. It’s in movies from Close Encounters of the Third Kind to Contact, and — sort of ...

“Earth to Echo” conjures memories of ’80s kid-centric movies like “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial,” “The Goonies,” and “Stand by Me.” Skip to main content Sections ...

If the children of today haven’t seen “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial,” they won’t notice how much “Earth to Echo” echoes the Steven Spielberg classic from 1982.

One should view ‘Earth to Echo’ with a couple of qualifications. The first is, yes, of course, it’s like Steven Spielberg’s ‘E.T.’ in that a group of kids bond with a cute alien and ...