'Take Me Home Tonight', directed by Michael Dowse, is a comedy about the 80s, but its futility is timeless: in just about any decade it would be considered generic and unfunny.

There’s a disturbing message for kiddies at the heart of this disappointing motion-capture film – think 'The Polar Express' to picture what is on screen – and it’s this: if you don’t appreciate all the things mom does for you strange aliens from outer space might well come and take her off.