My Favorite Martian (1999)
13 %
Reviews Counted: 40 Fresh: 5 Rotten:35 Average Rating: 3.4/10
Consensus:
Loud, effects-ridden comedy with no real humor.
Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins
Synopsis: The 1960s television series is updated for the 1990s in this computer-effects heavy family effort. Television reporter Tim O' Hara (Daniels) thinks he has the story of the century when he stumbles across a real-life Martian (Lloyd). While trying to gain evidence of the landing, however, the... [More]
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Starring: Jeff Daniels, Christopher Lloyd, Daryl Hannah, Elizabeth Hurley, Wallace Shawn
Director: Donald Petrie
Screenwriter: Sherri Stoner, Deanna Oliver
Producer: Robert Shapiro, Jerry Leider, Mark Toberoff
Screenwriter: Sherri Stoner, Deanna Oliver
Producer: Robert Shapiro, Jerry Leider, Mark Toberoff
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07/21/05
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There isn't enough nostalgia for the old series to recommend for any beyond the most juvenile mind-set.
04/09/05
An utterly pointless and unimaginative remake based on the classic '60s sitcom...a meteoric misfire
05/27/03
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06/05/02
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Only the total collapse of Hollywood can save us from a reprise of My Mother the Car.
03/03/02
Walston displays a crisp wit and blithe sense of whimsy otherwise lacking in this loser.
02/14/01
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01/01/00
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01/01/00
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What we have here is a highly agreeable cast goofing around within the familiar parameters of the alien-lost-on-Earth story, to absolutely no purpose except killing time.
01/01/00
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