ALF

1986

Seasons & Episodes

  • 4
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  • 1
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7.4| 0h30m| TV-G| en
Synopsis

A furry alien wiseguy comes to live with a terran family after crashing into their garage.

Director

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Saban Entertainment

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Trailers & Clips

Also starring Andrea Elson

Also starring Anne Schedeen

Reviews

NipPierce Wow, this is a REALLY bad movie!
Bluebell Alcock Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies
Sameeha Pugh It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film
Mathilde the Guild Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.
Mr-Fusion It blew my mind as an adult to find out that there were tensions on the set of "ALF". One of my favorite shows as a kid, and here it is a veritable Behind the Music episode. It really put a different spin on my perception of the show.Regardless, it's still emblematic of happy memories (such are unavoidable with regard to favored past TV); the iconic puppet, the laughs, sitting my parents down every Monday night as a ritual. He's got a voice that instantly recognizable, and the show left an impression that had me tuning into various talk show appearances, TV movies and ad campaigns in the '90s. Being axed before its time can be said about myriad TV shows, and it's no less applicable here.This is classic '80s TV.9/10
clevelandrockie As a little kid in the mid/late 1980s I loved ALF. Like the other poster here I also liked shows like the Smurfs, Transformers, Thundercats, He-Man, G.I. Joe, Alvin & the Chipmunks, the Muppets and - yes - even those old Marvel super hero shows. But he's right to point out that was all on Saturday mornings. My earliest night-time TV watching memories are of watching ALF. I still remember the first episode where he crashed into Willy Tanner's garage and was found and taken care of. I really loved this show and watched it every week, I was so sad when it went on the air. I watched it again recently though in reruns and it just was not as good, I'm sure I expected too much of it and it couldn't live up to my memories. Still it was a great show and it's still good, especially for family entertainment.
emasterslake I remembered when Alf was really big when I was a toddler, but I was too young to remember anything about the show. It wasn't until 2004, when I reprise watching it off of DVD.Alf is about an alien crash landed into a garage roof of the Tanner's residence(a family of 4: husband,wife,daughter, and son). They found and were greeted by the alien, He is a short furry,, long nose creature named Gordon Shumway from the planet Melmac. The Tanner family nicknamed him Alf(Alien Life Form) for short. Alf explained that his planet exploded and has no where to stay. The Tanners who were considered in taking Alf straight to the Alien Task Force, but decided to keep Alf as a member of their own family. And soon their life is flipped upside down with an alien being part of their lives.Throughout the series, Alf gets into trouble, eats a lot, gives out strange behavior, and tries to eat the family cat. We also learn a bit of what he did for a living on Melmac. Including his planet's way of politics,culture, and way of life. The down side is, that since he's an alien he can't go out into public, otherwise, he'll wine up into trouble. So it's important to stay low, and be sure not be noticed.As Alf experiences Earth's way of living, he already gets into the pop culture and junk food there is to offer.Alf is no doubt a brilliant sitcom. And something you won't see for another lifetime. It's funny, it's well written, and the use of a puppet and stage performance making it unique of it's kind in sitcoms. And something the whole family can watch, and I know there's nothing at all inappropriate about Alf. Even though it shows it's age, I think it's entitled to be a cult classic in sitcom history.Those who like the TV series, might consider seeing Project Alf which takes place after the TV show.
Catherine_Grace_Zeh "ALF," in my opinion, is a pure definition of must-see TV! I'm not sure if I've ever seen every episode, I still enjoyed it. One of my favorite episodes is where Lynn's (Andrea Elson) Ferrari gets wrecked. If you want to know how and why that happened, you'd have to have seen it for yourself. Another one of my favorite episodes is where Kate's (Anne Schedeen) broach got stolen. You'd also have to have seen it for yourself if you want to know how and why that happened. Before I wrap this up, I'd like to say that everyone always gave a good performance, the production design was spectacular, the costumes were well-designed, and the writing was always very strong. In conclusion, I hope the Hub Network keeps it on for years to come for fans of the show to see.