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Things didnât quite work out that way for the film adaptation of SNLâs pointy-headed aliens. The reviews compiled by Rotten Tomatoes summed up the screen version of these charming intergalactic creatures as âlistless, crude and uninspiredâ. Roger Ebert went in a more alliterative direction, calling it âdismal, dreary and desperateâ.
Small wonder Coneheads lost money in the US and wasnât even released internationally in its day. Thatâs a baffling response considering the depth of the filmâs themes, the variety of its subtexts and, crucially, the laugh-out-loud hilarity of its script. Far from a stretched-out exploitation of a TV bit, or an air-headed comedy, Coneheads had a socio-political resonance and a verbal inventiveness that, apparently, sailed right over the heads of what its title characters would call âthe blunt skullsâ (ie human beings). True, Coneheads was a harder sell than either Wayneâs World or The Blues Broth