JULES (2023) (Film Review by Evelyn C. Leeper)

[Philip De Parto]

The following review is reprinted with permission from:

THE MT VOID
03/21/25 -- Vol. 43, No. 38, Whole Number 2372

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JULES (2023) (film review by Evelyn C. Leeper)

The elevator pitch for JULES would be "E.T. with
senior citizens."  Milton (Ben Kingsley) is starting to show signs
of dementia, so when a spaceship lands in his backyard and he
starts telling people there is an alien in his house, after they
go through the "You mean an illegal alien?" routine they are
convinced this is just another symptom.  But Milton and his two
friends Joyce (Jane Curtin) and Sandy (Harriet Sansom Harris) are
determined to help the alien, and in the process to help each
other.

Clearly this is aimed at an older audience (such of like COCOON)
while not abandoning its science fiction roots.  (My favorite
COCOON anecdote: a relative about my age said she didn't like any
science fiction films.  I said, "What about COCOON?"  "Oh, that's
not science fiction."  "Aliens come to Earth and give a bunch of
people immorality, and that's not science fiction?"  She did have
to acknowledge that okay, COCOON may be science fiction.)

Jade Quon does an excellent job as the alien, although a lot of
credit goes to the make-up department.  (There is no GCI used.)

We watched this on Hoopla; there's probably a DVD as well.  [-ecl]

Released theatrically 11 August 2023.

Film Credits:
<https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15428940/reference>

What others are saying:
<https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jules>