A rich and spoiled woman (Daryl Hannah)) is "zapped" with a ray from a flying saucer. Nobody believes her until she pops out of her clothes to over 50 feet tall. She lives in a big barn and sews her own clothes. (How very convenient.) Unlike "The Hulk" no purple stretchy underwear. It tries to be "campy" just like the 1950's film and somewhat succeeds. Nobody dies in this remake. Fake blue backdrop and jet-black studio skies. Daryl Hannah makes it into a woman's lib parody. When she grows to her full size she "attacks" her husband's lover, but only verbally. "You are better than this and smarter than all the men in town" (paraphrased) The sets (intentionally) look cheap like model-train miniature buildings. She stomps through town and everyone screams. She and her husband are picked up by the flying saucer, so nobody believes she is crazy anymore. Borrows from the original. Missiles are fired at her, she falls into the high-voltage electric wires, but does not die. Several silly things in the movie: Giant trucks deliver "Summer's Eve Deodorant for Women" and Revlon products. The doctor tries to give her a giant-sized hypo-tranquilizer. She suggests that her normal-sized man "can keep her happy"? He remarks: "What am I supposed to do? put on a "wet-suit" and bring a flashlight"? The love "gyrations" are poorly done and not provocative. Baldwin looks like he is drilling for oil! Daryl hitches a saucer-ride to the stars with two pretty giant alien "twins". Everyone is 50 ft. tall! They pick up three Earth-men, including her husband. They are still normal-sized at this time. They are all wearing yellow Capt. Kirk polo shirts, of course. It's a guilty-pleasure film due to pretty Ms. Hannah wearing practically nothing at times. Also minor nudity (cheeky). Cute but not that funny or scary. The drive-in she smashes is showing the old b/w 1950's version of the same movie. Yes, she did make a few better movies. "Splash" and "Roxanne" with Steve Martin, both come to mind. I rate it PG-13 (or a weak "R"). Minor violence, suggestive language, and brief nudity.

I haven't seen the original; I can imagine that it isn't as feminist as, or at least less overtly so than, this. Guest gets the tone, and this largely delivers what it promises. I know he can direct something hilarious, since I've seen Best in Show; this doesn't have the benefits of a cast full of proved comedic talent, and the writing is inferior, though not without chuckle-inducing moments. There are a couple of lines that are downright quotable. You probably know the plot already; Daniel Baldwin, a bastard merely by virtue of the fact that he's cheating on Darryl Hannah(even if the squeeze he found is also a sight for sore eyes), and several others (all male) talk down to her, and once she begins to grow in size, she attempts to exact vengeance upon them. The FX are cheesy, dated and obvious, and I would wager this was an intentional decision. This is both a spoof and an homage. There is brief suspense. The characters and acting aren't half bad. There is some sexuality(and eye-candy) and brief nudity in this. The DVD comes with a theatrical trailer. I recommend this to fans of the concept. 5/10

Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman (1993) ** (out of 4) Remake of the 1958 cult classic has Darryl Hannah playing a smart woman who constantly allows herself to be taken advantage of. Her father uses her for her money while her no good husband (Daniel Baldwin) is constantly cheating on her with some trash from their town. After an encounter with a spaceship, the wife grows fifty feet and plans on setting everything straight. This isn't a "so bad it's good" movie like the original. It's not really bad but it's not really good either so in the end I must say that the film comes off as a disappointment because there's so much they could have done with the story but in the end they ended up doing very little. The funny side of the actual story could have made a good comedy but the film really comes off as lazy and not trying to get any laughs. The entire movie seems more interested in trying to develop characters and one has to ask themselves why. Do we really want to see the sad Hannah rise up (not that way) and overcome the tragedy in her life? Do we care that her mom was a nut? Why the filmmakers decided to add this type of thing or the shady deals of her father is beyond me but it really takes away from the sci-fi aspects of the film. The special effects are pretty lazy as well as are the performances. Hannah doesn't do too bad of a job but she certainly can't compare to the original film's star. Baldwin adds very little as the jerk husband. There are a few nods to the original film as well as Arkoff and Corman but the film needed a lot more of this and a lot less of the character development.

Of course it is! This is the type of B-movie that you'll enjoy. I didn't expect to see HANNAH in this role. But it was fun in a corny kind of way. Although it is still the classic story just like the original, it is "made for tv." But thats okay because Hannah leads that "glamor blonde bombshell life" that her beauty stops the film from falling apart. (5)