Lifted

2006 5 min ★ 7.5 Family, Animation, Science Fiction, Comedy

When an overconfident teen alien gets behind the controls of a spaceship, he must attempt to abduct a slumbering farmer under the watchful eye of a critical instructor. But abducting humans requires precision and a gentle touch, and within a few missteps it's painfully clear why more humans don't go missing every year.

Cast

Details

Director

Gary Rydstrom

Tagline

"Failure is an option."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Pixar

Reviews

C

CinemaSerf

July 21, 2023

★ 7/10

Faced with a vast array of knobs and faders, it falls to the apprentice alien to try and remove the human from his bed, and tractor beam him through the window of his home so they can experiment on him as he sleeps - before returning him safely. Under the supervision of his elderly and rather unhelpful pal, he makes quite a hash of this process and it looks like he has little chance of succeeding ...