Aliens Abducted My Parents And Now I Feel Kinda Left Out Trailer: A Family-Friendly Sundance Selection

Sundance is kicking into high gear in Park City, Utah this week, and as it does, the rest of the world is getting a first look at the lineup as trailers for a few of the films included in the festival begin to drop. Among them is "Aliens Abducted My Parents And Now I Feel Kinda Left Out," a family-friendly movie with a title that's both a total mouthful and immediately intriguing.

"Aliens Abducted My Parents And Now I Feel Kinda Left Out" is set to premiere at the festival as one of a small handful of films in the kid-friendly section, but it doesn't look so much like a kids' movie as it does like a sweet coming-of-age indie film with a sci-fi twist. The trailer opens with a bespectacled boy stargazing with his dad (Will Forte), who tells him that an alien family could be out there looking at them right now. It sounds like an eerie premise, but the trailer actually makes "Aliens Abducted My Parents" look more akin to something like "Safety Not Guaranteed," a story about an eccentric person whose deepest emotions are intertwined with a search for something fantastical.

The movie stars "Supergirl" and "Wayward Pines" actor Emma Tremblay as Itsy, a high schooler and aspiring journalist whose interest is piqued when she moves to a small town where she discovers a classmate who's really into outer space. Like, really into outer space. Calvin (Jacob Buster, "Let the Right One In") is a floppy-haired literal boy next door who dresses up in an astronaut suit at school — complete with, for some reason, nunchucks. Honestly, every school had a kid who is vaguely like this, and I love that "Aliens Abducted My Parents And Now I Feel Kinda Left Out" posits that he's quirky for a specific reason: because maybe aliens really did abduct his parents (Forte and Elizabeth Mitchell).

Though the journey Itsy and Calvin go on will no doubt be emotional, the trailer for "Aliens Abducted My Parents And Now I Feel Kinda Left Out" has some genuinely funny moments, like when Itsy's new teacher stops her from talking about her hopes and dreams by saying, "That's too 'new kid at school!' Just tell us three things you think are cheugy." The script for "Aliens Abducted my Parents" comes from "Secondhand Hearts" writer Austin Everett, while "Christmas Time" filmmaker Jake Van Wagoner directs. The film is available via Sundance online for U.S. ticket holders, but since it hasn't made a distribution deal at the festival yet, there is no official release date to report at this time.