Earth to Echo

No one will ever believe our story.

Unashamedly borrowing a great deal from E.T., this is about three young boys who start receiving weird messages on their cellphones the night before their families all move out of the neighbourhood. They decide to investigate, with the help of a good-looking older girl, and eventually discover the source of the messages. However, as they try to do the right thing, they need to keep dodging the authorities who also want what they've found.

110 minutes.
Parental Guidance.
Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

Don't give me the finger!

Credits

Cast	Teo Halm, Astro, Reese Hartwig, Ella Wahlestedt, Jason Gray-Stanford
Director	Dave Green
Screenplay	Henry Gayden, Andrew Panay
Music	Joseph Trapanese
Cinematography	Maxime Alexandre
Editing	Carsten Kurpanek, Crispin Struthers
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Datasat
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2014
Produced by	Panay Films, Walt Disney Studios

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Childrens
Language	Low impact, brief
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	None
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments
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USA MPAA rating

PG: Parental Guidance Suggested	Rated PG for some action and peril, and mild language
Runtime	89
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 7 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Michael Rechtshaffen More than an echo of E.T. ...	10
Die Burger Karla Janse van Vuuren Reddingstog vol aksie bekoor	15
ScreenIt C. Fuchs hrow in the blaring lack of story originality, underused magic and charm, and the barf-inducing shaky-cam, and Earth to Echo can't help but come off as an unfortunate missed opportunity.	10
Metacritic.com 30 critics	10
Rottentomatoes critics 88 critics	11
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Earth to Echo doesn't do itself any favors by beggaring comparison to E.T., but for younger viewers, it should prove a reasonably entertaining diversion.	10
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	11
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation	10
What the People say
Internet 1297 Netizens	12
Average .. 55%	11