Title: Phil the Alien
Rating: 7/10
Genre: Drama
Released: 1998
Review: Crashing to earth from somewhere far, far away, Phil arrives in a small town in Northern Ontario. Perhaps predictably in this Canadian comedy, he makes friends with a young boy and a talking beaver (voice supplied by SCTV’s Joe Flaherty). It’s a strange town where everyone, including children, drinks hard liquor and carries a gun. Phil is an innocent and he quickly develops a drinking problem. Surrounded by hunters, prostitutes, an ex- CIA operative and other northern misfits, Phil finds refuge with the local bar band.