Film Review – Earth to Echo

“Earth to Echo” is an entertaining picture, but it really doesn’t know what type of movie it wants to be. It’s best described as the first significant attempt to make a found footage family film, merging today’s tech-obsessed youth with Spielbergian awe, liberally borrowing from the “E.T.” playbook, with a dash of “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.” It’s a cute robot extravaganza without the cute robot, and perhaps 85 minutes of shaky cam isn’t the best idea when the material desires to create an intimate bond with its audience. Still, “Earth to Echo” is nicely performed by its young cast and features motivations that tease a compelling mystery to come. It eventually falls apart under scrutiny, but its target demographic should get a kick out of it. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com