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 thing the filmmakers did really well was make a movie they probably wanted to see when they were kids. “Earth to Echo” is an offbeat, funny, slightly edgy science fiction offering that ...

Echo, a metallic owlish creature hailing from a distant planet, has been stranded on Earth. A trio of 13-year-old boys armed with shaky cameras and plenty of plucky appeal embark on a saga to ...

A copy of a copy, “Earth to Echo” feels less like a weak “E.T.” than a substandard “Mac and Me.” And you may not even remember the latter, a 1988 bandwagon flop … ...

The code has been copied to your clipboard. Audiences will see action, adventure, suspense and even an alien in the movie Earth to Echo. But what they won’t see is violence. “You’ll never ...

It's the third word in the title of "Earth to Echo" that is the operative one. Freshman director Dave Green's low-budget, high-upside film is nothing if not derivative, feeling at ...

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 ...

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 ...

A version of this story first appeared in the July 4 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.. Earth to Echo is Disney’s loss, but it may be Relativity Media’s gain — if the movie does well ...