The Brother from Another Planet 1984

Vincent Canby, New York Times: It's a nice, unsurprising shaggy-dog story that goes on far too long. Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: The two different ends require shifts in point of view that are beyond Sayles's talent as a visual storyteller, and the film does not cohere. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The movie finds countless opportunities for humorous scenes, most of them with a quiet little bite, a way of causing us to look at our society. Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: Central to the film's deft balancing act between shaggy dog humour and something just a little more serious is Morton's expressive performance as the alien, though the rest of the cast also plays admirably. Read more

Variety: A vastly amusing but progressively erratic look at the Harlem adventures of an alien, a black E.T. Read more