Jules

Perhaps the comic theme of aliens to speak about aging is going to become a film subgenre? Ron Howard gave us "Cocoon." Marc Turtletaub ("Little Miss Sunshine") has given us "Jules," which is the story of Milton (Ben Kingsley) who is living in a small town in Pennsylvania. Milton's daughter is worried about her father's mental state after finding some canned vegetables in his bathroom medicine cabinet. Milton, when he is not too confused, likes to  expresses himself to his city council. His recommendation: they should change the town slogan from "A great place to call home," to "A great place to refer to as home," because of the confusion it causes because you might think it's a great place to get on the telephone and call home. E.T,, I'm sure, would like to call home from Milton's house. E.T. isn't around, but who is? Jules. Jules is the little blue alien who has crash landed in Milton's backyard. Of course nobody believes Milton because everyone already thinks old Milt has a few screws loose. Except for Milton's two other vocal citizens, Sandy (Harriet Sansom Harris) and Joyce (Jane Curtin). They find out about Jules and work to both keep Jules a secret and to help the little blue fellow get home. It's far funnier than I thought it would be. In fact, it's much smarter than I thought it would be. Jules surprised me. Delightful. Catch it in a theatre near you.