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My Favorite Martian (1999)

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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

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

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... 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 alien moves into to Tim's house, posing as his "Uncle Martin." Tim, Martin, and Martin's talking space suit "Zoot" then find themselves trying to avoid the discovery of their secret by an evil scientist. Look for original TV martian Ray Walston in a small role! [More]

Starring: Jeff Daniels, Christopher Lloyd, Daryl Hannah, Elizabeth Hurley

Starring: Jeff Daniels, Christopher Lloyd, Daryl Hannah, Elizabeth Hurley, Wallace Shawn, Ray Walston, Christine Ebersole, Michael Lerner

Director: Donald Petrie

Director: Donald Petrie
Screenwriter: Sherri Stoner, Deanna Oliver
Producer: Robert Shapiro, Jerry Leider, Mark Toberoff

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Dire.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
06/24/06
Derek Adams
Derek Adams
Time Out

a light-hearted silly movie aimed at showing kids a good time. Disney makes no serious attempts to keep this film reasonable from an adult perspective.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Report Card | comment Comment
01/01/00
Ross Anthony
Ross Anthony
Hollywood Report Card

This is entertainment of the lightest, most inconsequential sort.

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01/01/00
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
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Almost entirely predicated on low-brow misfires and the thinnest of story precepts.

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01/01/00
Rob Blackwelder
Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDWire

It is a movie that contains laughs, but they are more of the embarrassing type than ones created by humorous situations.

Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews | comment Comment
01/01/00
Bob Bloom
Bob Bloom
rec.arts.movies.reviews

There isn't enough nostalgia for the old series to recommend for any beyond the most juvenile mind-set.

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
04/09/05
Robin Clifford
Robin Clifford
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It's not a pretty sight.

Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | comment Comment
01/01/00
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

Travel from Mars to Earth is an amazing feat, but not much more remarkable than reviving a sitcom that had been dead for a third of a century.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
01/01/00
Lawrence Van Gelder
Lawrence Van Gelder
New York Times
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It's cheesy, creepy, and sleazy.

Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews | comment Comment
01/01/00
Susan Granger
Susan Granger
rec.arts.movies.reviews

Everything else in the film, which was directed by Donald Petrie, is either cute or irritating.

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01/01/00
Mick LaSalle
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
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Doesn't even have the little spark of life that actors with a certain measure of lunacy and chemistry can deliver.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
01/01/00
David Luty
David Luty
Film Journal International

Only the total collapse of Hollywood can save us from a reprise of My Mother the Car.

Full Review Source: Sight and Sound | comment Comment
03/03/02
Kim Newman
Kim Newman
Sight and Sound

I found it to be acceptable video fodder.

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01/01/00
James O'Ehley
James O'Ehley
Sci-Fi Movie Page

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.

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01/01/00
Andrew O'Hehir
Andrew O'Hehir
Salon.com
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This is filmmaking not for children, but for idiots of all ages.

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01/01/00
Scott Renshaw
Scott Renshaw
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a spiffy-looking but empty-headed update

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01/01/00
Elias Savada
Elias Savada
Nitrate Online

Walston displays a crisp wit and blithe sense of whimsy otherwise lacking in this loser.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
02/14/01
Kevin Thomas
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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My Favorite Martian represents the very worst in mainstream American cinema.

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A clever and well-written screenplay is what saved this thing from being just like any other failure in the remake experiment.

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01/01/00
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