Overview

• Critics continue to pan the screenlife reboot—once plummeting to 0% on Rotten Tomatoes and still languishing at about 3%—citing poor acting and a thin screenplay.
• Reviewers also fault the film’s central premise—that invading aliens “eat data”—and its questionable reliance on pandemic-era remote-shoot conventions.
• FlixPatrol data show the movie holding a top-rank spot on Prime Video charts, driven by hate-watch curiosity rather than positive reception.
• Heavy Amazon integrations—from Prime Air drone deliveries to gift cards and conspicuous logo placement—have sparked accusations of shameless product promotion.
• Viral memes on X, TikTok and Know Your Meme have sustained viewership, yet neither director Rich Lee nor Amazon Studios has addressed the backlash.