Coneheads

Coneheads

You may not notice them at first, but they are among us.

Directed by Steve Barron

Produced by Paramount Pictures

199387 min5.5 / 10

A lighthearted, absurdist comedy about fish-out-of-water aliens trying to pass as French in suburban New Jersey, built entirely on visual gags and affectionate weirdness.

A pair of aliens arrive on Earth to prepare for invasion, but crash instead. With enormous cone-shaped heads, robotlike walks and an appetite for toilet paper, aliens Beldar and Prymatt don't exactly blend in with the population of Paramus, N.J. But for some reason, everyone believes them when they say they're from France.

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  • Is Coneheads sad? No. Less sad than 97% of films.

  • Is Coneheads easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 88% of films.

  • Is Coneheads scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.

  • Does Coneheads end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 81% of films.

  • Is Coneheads violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

28/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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Rarity45

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Surprise39

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love8

How much audiences actually like it

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