Earth to Echo Movie Blurb by Shale July 4, 2014 Yeah, I go to PG kid movies. Enjoyed E.T.in 1982 and as most reviewers have pointed out, this movie is an upgrade of that movie into the hi-tech communication age. It opens with three pre-teen best buddies on the verge of being separated because their 'burb is being razed for a superhighway. The first we meet is Tuck (Brian “Astro” Bradley), a tech wiz with several video cameras who documents everything. He introduces his pals Munch (Reese Hartwig) also a tech wiz but kinda nerdy and shows signs of OCD. Then there is Alex (Teo Halm), a foster kid who is a bit moodier than the others but one of the leaders of the group. Tuck & Alex at the Computer They discover that their cell fones are doing strange things, then notice the screen is showing a map of the Nevada dessert outside of their 'burb. So, for their last night together the head off on an adventure to see what the signal is about. Into the Desert on Bikes Out in the desert they home in on the object, which is a metal cylinder which eventually reveals a small metallic owl like ET, which mimics their sounds so they call it Echo. Using a simple "yes" & "no" code they ask questions and determine that it is stranded and needs to locate metal parts to repair itself. So, the boys are on a quest to help ET ... I mean Echo to get home. Echo & Munch Their iPads display more maps to where these parts are and that is the adventure, taking the boys into all sorts of odd places, including the bedroom of Emma (Ella Linnea Wahlestedt), an acquaintance of theirs from school that they all have an unattainable crush on. She joins them and proves to be a real asset as the four of them evade capture by the menacing secret government agents on the trail of the ET. 4 Kids on a Quest I enjoyed this movie - it is what it is, a PG rated movie about kids and for kids. (and great-grandfathers).
