Mars Attacks!1996
Mars Attacks! (1996)
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Critic Consensus: Tim Burton's alien invasion spoof faithfully recreates the wooden characters and schlocky story of cheesy '50s sci-fi and Ed Wood movies -- perhaps a little too faithfully for audiences.
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Cast
as President Dale/Art Land
as Marshal Dale
as Barbara Land
as Donald Kessler
as Jerry Ross
as Nathalie Lake
as Jason Stone
as Gen. Decker
as Richie Norris
as Taffy Dale
as Byron Williams
as Himself
as Martian Girl
as Grandma Norris
as General Casey
as Louise Williams
as Billy Glenn Norris
as Rude Gambler
as Cindy
as Cedric
as Neville
as Glenn Norris
as Sue Ann Norris
as Sharona
as Cindy
as Mitch
as Doctor Zeigler
as Tour Guide
as French President
as Mr. Lee
as Hillbilly
as Decorator
as Nun
as Nun
as Nun
as Corporate Guy
as GNN Boss
as GNN Reporter
as GNN Reporter
as GNN Reporter
as Newscaster
as Hooker
as Hooker
as Casino Manager
as TV Director
as Female Journalist
as NASA Technician
as Hispanic Colonel
as 2nd Colonel
as Stranger
as Stranger
as Colonel
as Speaker of the House
as Morose Old Guy
as Incredibly Old Guy
as Lab Technician
as Doctor
as Doctor
as Texan Investor
as Saudi Investor
as Elderly Slots Woman
as Trailer Lover
as Hispanic Woman
as Hippie
as White House Waiter
as White House Photographer
as Tom Jones Backup Singer
as Tom Jones Backup Singer
as Tom Jones Backup Singer
as Poppy
Critic Reviews for Mars Attacks!
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Perhaps they don't create quite enough deeply funny earthlings to go around, but a thoroughly meanspirited big-budget movie is always a treasurable rarity.
oaded with wit, nifty little ideas and an extraordinary sense of design, but its allure is of quite a particular nature, much closer to that of Ed Wood than of Burton's earlier, and far more commercially successful, works.
Unfortunately, it's not very good.
Just a parade of scattershot gags, more often weird than funny and most often just flat.
Only moderately amusing.
Hilarity never seemed so tedious.
Audience Reviews for Mars Attacks!
Yaaa-hooo! Now here's a alien movie for ya, yessiree! Burton's half-tribute, half nudge in the ribs to the old sci-fi of the 1950's not only does well, it surpasses it's subject matter and most of the current day items of the same ilk. Still crazy as well after all these years. Howzit get only a 52% on the damned tomatometer?!? Who are these mongoloids?
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This may be one of Tim Burton's more underrated and lesser films, but this zany homage to cheesy 50s alien invader films is nonetheless very well done, hugely entertaining, and a whole lot of gleefully campy fun. It's actually rather dark and a little gruesome (this is a Burton film overall), but it comes across as kind of shocking since it is supposed to be a tribute film. The spirit of the old stuff remains, just in a revamped and glossy form better fit for the 90s. Still though, there's a lot of good gags, and the overall look and special effects are just awesome. As a bonus, they still hold up pretty nicely, too. The star studded cast is pretty awesome, and they generally do a good job, and it's clear they're having a lot of fun and not taking themselves too seriously, and that's a good thing. Probably the best part of the cast for me, besides the inclusion of two blaxploitation stars, is the inclusion of the voice of Slim Whitman, which is used to great effect in a wonderfully inspired solution to the problem of the invading aliens. All in all, a fun movie I definitely recommend.
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Mars Attacks! Quotes
| President Dale: | SHUT UP! Shut up, SHUT UP! |
| Donald Kessler: | We need a welcome mat, not a row of tanks! |
| Jason Stone: | When the Martians land, will the press have access? |
| Jason Stone: | She's flirting with him! |