Review – 20 Million Miles to Earth

One of the big drawbacks to watching Ray Harryhausen movies is that his animated characters often have way more personality than their human foes. Many times I’ve found myself wishing that a saber-tooth tiger would put the bite on Sinbad or the scary skeletons would get the better of Jason. And this production is seriously not an exception to the rule. It goes without saying that the Ymir – a bipedal reptile from Venus – is a lot cuter than its human adversaries. But to make matters worse, the script repeatedly reminds us that the creature would be docile and harmless if only people would leave it alone. Needless to say, they don’t. The result is a smattering of well-crafted effects saddled with a bad script, worse acting and a general bummer of a plot. Mildly amusing