scene to be shot was the monster attack on two elderly ladies. Studio shooting took place at Downey Studios and Raleigh Studios. Visual effects Tippett Studio was put in charge of designing over 18 various aliens in the film, each different from the last. Sony Pictures Imageworks handled the animation for the alien flatworm CGI sequence with the leech alien from the pool, designed by Peter Konig, the alien mosquito shape moving around within Harry’s body and some additional VFX provided from Pacific Data Images. Studio ADI was responsible for the designs of the primate alien creatures. Music The film's music score was composed by John Powell, conducted by Gavin Greenaway, and performed by the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra. A soundtrack album was released on June 12, 2001 and is available on Varèse Sarabande. Home media The film was released on VHS and DVD on December 26, 2001. Reception On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 43% based on 139 reviews, with an average score of 4.90/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Director Reitman tries to remake Ghostbusters, but his efforts are largely unsuccessful because the movie has too many comedic misfires." On Metacritic, the film received a score of 40 based on 32 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade B+ on scale of A to F. Todd McCarthy of Variety called it "a consistently amusing action romp". Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times the film 2.5 out of 4, and wrote: "It's not good, but it's nowhere near as bad as most recent comedies; it has real laughs, but it misses just as many real opportunities". A. O. Scott of The New York Times wrote: "The movie itself evolves in reverse, starting life as a moderately clever grab bag of high-concept noodling and half-witty badinage before descending into the primordial ooze of explosions and elaborate lower- intestinal gags". Television series Evolution was made into an animated series called Alienators: Evolution Continues, which ran on Fox Kids from 2001 to 2002. See also List of American films of 2001 Panspermia References External links 2000s English-language films 2000s science fiction comedy films 2000s monster movies 2001 comedy films 2001 films American science fiction comedy films American monster movies Alien invasions in films Films about evolution Films set in Arizona Columbia Pictures films DreamWorks Pictures films Films adapted into