Review – The Coneheads

Lorne Michaels takes a cute little skit from a couple of Saturday Night Live episodes back in the 70s and turns it into yet another SNL stinker movie in the early 90s. Aliens with oddly-shaped craniums awkwardly try to adjust to life in the suburbs. That supplied enough material for a ten-minute sketch or two, but it doesn’t even come close to driving a whole 90-minute movie. But the real crying shame here is the wanton squandering of a great cast. Dan Aykroyd and Jane Curtin redo the lead roles, and they’re backed up by a smorgasbord of SNL greats (too many really good actors to even try to list here). They even pick up support from folks who never worked directly for Michaels before. But wow are they ever not put to good use. See if desperate