What is ALF about?
A furry alien wiseguy comes to live with a terran family after crashing into their garage.
A furry alien wiseguy brings chaos and wholesome humor to a suburban family's cozy home.
Campy. A family watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on Prime Video, Peacock, The Roku Channel (free), Fandango at Home (free), Pluto TV (free), Plex (free) and 1 more.
ALF parents guide
No surprises for a TV-G: mild language and nothing scary.
Our estimate: fine from about 7. Rated TV-G.
- Scare
- Not scary
- Jump scares
- None noted
- Gore
- No gore
- Violence
- No real violence
- Sex and nudity
- None noted
- Language
- Mild
- Mild words like damn, hell or crap.
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Cast and crew
Created byPaul Fusco, Tom Patchett
StarringMax Wright, Anne Schedeen, Andrea Elson, Benji Gregory
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