The makers of “Earth to Echo” said inspiration struck when they realized that if they updated the story of Steven Spielberg’s “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial,” the youthfu… ...

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 ...

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 ...

‘Earth to Echo’: What the Critics Are Saying. Dave Green's feature follows three friends, played by Teo Halm, Brian "Astro" Bradley and Reese Hartwig, and their new alien comrade as they ...

“Earth to Echo” is such a shameless “E.T.” rip-off that I picture excited dictionary editors rushing to their publishing plants screaming, “Stop the presses!

Earth to Echo is Disney’s loss, but it may be Relativity Media’s gain — if the movie does well when it opens July 2. The $13 million PG film about a tiny alien that looks like a robot and ...

Earth to Echo Director Dave Green and I had a short chat about his upcoming (July 2) movie that takes us on a first-person look at first contact. The movie features an interesting film technique ...

From the get go, "Earth to Echo" was branded as a found-footage rehash of "E.T." This is no surprise, really, because the two films have a lot in common.

Earth to Echo is unsurprisingly, exactly as advertised. Owing a considerable debt to the golden age of “kid empowerment” movies of the ’80s, ...

‘Earth to Echo’ Review: Kids Will Enjoy Found-Footage Faux-Spielberg. This attempt to revive 80s sci-fi for the smartphone crowd results in a harmless lark for air-conditioning-starved parents ...

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.