Jeff Daniels,
Christopher Lloyd,
Elizabeth Hurley,
Daryl Hannah,
Wallace Shawn
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My Favorite Martian stars Jeff Daniels as Tim O'Hara, once a newspaper man and now a struggling television producer in Santa Barbara. Tim has a crush on vapid news reporter Brace Channing (Elizabeth H... read more
Directed by: Donald Petrie
Release Date: February 12, 1999
DVD Release Date: July 17, 2001
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December 1, 2010A mildly entertaining film based on the classic television series that unfortunately is overwhelmed by excessive special effects and a weak plot unable to rise above the mediocre storyline. The ending may surprise you, and fans of Ray Walston (who created the role of Uncle Martin... read more
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July 30, 2009about what you'd expect a Disney movie adaptation of a classic TV series to be. it's funny, sure, but it's not exactly groundbreaking comedy--standard, banal humour appropriate for kids but more appealing to older audiences. I always thought Elizabeth Hurley was particularly at... read more
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June 28, 2008I liked it but it just wasnt the same without Ray Walston as Uncle Martin. I give credit to Christopher Lloyd, he did a good job in his own way and made the character of Uncle Martin totally his.
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November 30, 2007This movie was alright, but not really worth it. I watched it little by little over like a span of like a month because I had a hard time watching it all the way through at once. It was not very good and I will most likely not be ever watching this again.
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June 10, 2007anndyy!! thisi s the movie with the song when the pants are like, "that's the way, uhuh uhuh i liike it! uhuh!" lol
Critic Reviews
February 14, 2001
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
January 1, 2000
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
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. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Lawrence Van Gelder, New York Times
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
January 1, 2000
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Everything else in the film, which was directed by Donald Petrie, is either cute or irritating. Full Review
January 1, 2000
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
This is entertainment of the lightest, most inconsequential sort. Full Review
April 9, 2005
Robin Clifford, Reeling Reviews
There isn't enough nostalgia for the old series to recommend for any beyond the most juvenile mind-set. Full Review
May 27, 2003
Frank Ochieng, TheWorldJournal.com
An utterly pointless and unimaginative remake based on the classic '60s sitcom...a meteoric misfire
March 3, 2002
Kim Newman, Sight and Sound
Only the total collapse of Hollywood can save us from a reprise of My Mother the Car. Full Review
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