(re)Search my Trash

<body> <div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="800" cellpadding="0" height="100%"> <tr> <td width="100" rowspan="2" background="../stylepix/square.gif" valign="top">  </td> <td width="4" rowspan="2"></td> <td width="592" valign="top"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="592"> <tr> <td width="100%">  </td> </tr> </table>    <table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="255" align="left"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img border="0" src="../stills/alienguytim-poster.jpg" width="250" height="380"></td> </tr> </table> <p>Tim (Patrick McElroy) is convinced he has been abducted by aliens - but not once nor twice, but multiple times. He never minded though, made friends with the aliens, even claims that he has an alien girlfriend. None of this is to say his claims are legit, but at the same time he has over the year become a bit of a legend in the circle of UFO spotters and alien seekers, for whom "the truth is out there," and his story is apparently interesting enough for a crew of documentary filmmakers who follow him around ... and witness how things come to a head when his brother and sister (Huntington Daly, Laura Bair) want to stage an intervention - with not the desired results ...<p> <p>Films about "alien abductees" are probably a dime a dozen, but what makes this one special is that it doesn't present us with a human freakshow of weirdoes but relatable characters. Sure, Tim is awkward, but he seems to be perfectly happy with who he is and who treasures his experiences - real or imagined -, and in this respect might be more "right" than his brother and sister who want to force him into a cookie-cutter "normal" life. This all is of course achieved by a very low key directorial effort that avoids spectacle, and a very likeable central performance by the film's writer Patrick McElroy. And the light-footed tone the film has throughout really works well to suck one into the proceedings, whether or not you believe in alien abductions ... <p>  </td> <td width="4" rowspan="2"></td> <td width="100" rowspan="2" background="../stylepix/squareright.gif" valign="top">  </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="592" valign="top">  <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> currentyear = "2020"; </SCRIPT> <SCRIPT language="JavaScript" src="../scripts/endcredits.js"></SCRIPT> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> dosworsdonn(); </SCRIPT> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </body>