Evolution is a step up from most gross-out comedies. With a nice idea for a plot, it starts off quite serious before the stars show their comic talents off. David Duchovny has good comic timing that hasn't really been tapped before, Orlando Jones is far better here than in Double Take and Say It Isn't So and Seann William Scott is a damn fine comic actor who uses his goofy charm to his advantage. Julianne Moore's constant falling over isn't funny, but you can't have everything. It's a shame that it flopped in the US, because it's really good. The special effects are decent, the turns are likeable and the script is loaded with sharp wit. OK, maybe some jokes go dead but seeing Orlando Jones getting lubricated after a bug enters his body and Scott singing to a flying monster in a mall is reason enough to go see this excellent summer blockbuster.

The film is underrated. Evolution takes the viewer on a wild ride of what fast tracking evolution could look like on earth, if an alien organism was to restart the big bang. Maybe the plot and story are a little wild, but its all fun and jokes in this movie.

The cast was the perfect balance. The beautiful, smart and yet clumsy Julianne More, who does a great job with her role. Seann William who plays the dumb muscle in the movie, he shines when he gets up and sings "you are so beautiful to me" to the dragon. David Duchonvy is the solid, smart scientists on the job who gives us the impression he alone can fix everything. And last but not least, Orlando Jones who really brings on the funny, as the not so smart geologist. All around the jokes are great, the atmosphere is light and there's a descent plot to follow.

The only downfall to the film was the poor CGI and unfortunately there is a lot of it. In its day, when the movie was created the computer graphics were probably considered good. But from today's standards, it looks very fake. They should have went with mechanical robots or costumes or something like Jurassic Park used. And some of the monsters are pretty gross, along with the bugs and insects...

I liked Evolution, even if it is very silly and daft on the most part. But I cannot deny it is a very fun and entertaining movie. The script has some very funny moments, there is some great camera work and some splendid scenery. Plus the creatures were superbly designed and by far the best element of the movie.

The acting is perfectly acceptable, with Orlando Jones chewing up the scenery as much as he can, and Seann William Scott at his most dumbest in an appealing way. David Duchovney plays it straight. In fact my only real complaints of Evolution were although it was well constructed on the most part there are one or two slow moments in the plot, and Julianne Moore is miscast.

Overall, it is daft and extremely silly to the core, but it is also very enjoyable and likable. And it never fails to give a sense of fun, no matter how daft it initially sounds. I do think this movie is very underrated, by no means perfect, but I guarantee to anyone who gives it a chance that you'll like it. 8/10 Bethany Cox