in 1985 and jim will fix it make one boy dream come true by give him the chance to review a movie barry norman style . the movie he saw be the recently release moron from out space . he love it . when i go to see it at my local cinema and i find the place be pack with kid . moron be the big screen debut of mel smith and griff rhys jones and follow their success in both not the nine oclock news and ala smith and jones . lot of television comedian have make chump of themselves make the transition to the big screen while the year before this come out and kenny everett star in the vile bloodbath at the house of death and more recently and horne and corden lesbian vampire killer fail to set the world on fire . here smith and jones be unable to blame the writer they be the writer . smith play bernard and one of four alien from the planet blob enjoy a holiday in a spaceship that resemble a caravan and when an accident see them crash on the m1 . bernard and who be in space at the time and find his way to earth and and try to track down his friend . usually in sci fi movie and alien be depict a be super intelligent and but here it the other way round . the blob people be idiots and pure and simple . with the help of a manager name graham sweetley ( jones ) they go on to become celebrity . aside from pen a script lacking in humour and the other major mistake mel and griff make be keep their character apart for much of the movie . anyone who saw ala will tell you they work best when bounce their humour off each other . aufpet jimmy nail raise a few chuckle a one of the alien . when the military blow the door off the spaceship and nail road rage style outrage be amuse . mike hodges and the director and be responsible for the michael caine classic get carter and so what he be do here be anyone guess . he be completely out of his depth . it be equally surprising to find the great verity lambert credit a executive producer . there be a couple of bright spot bernard encounter with a skeletal space pilot and the close encounter spoof where andre marianne french scientist try to communicate with the alien by play the entertainer on a wurlitzer but overall the film have little to recommend it . it be basically a two minute sketch stretch well beyond it limit . when dinsdale landen character burst into song i nearly walk out . the kid i saw it with seem to enjoy it though . for their next picture wilt ( 1989 ) and mel and griff sensibly hire andrew marshall and david renwick to adapt a tom sharpe novel . it correct every fault critic find in moron . view now one can draw parallel between the blob people celebrity status and that of reality show contestant . so yes mel and griff be ahead of their time in that respect . i do not hate moron but consider the talent involve in it making and it should have be far well .