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5.6/10 • 316

1999-02-111h 34m

ComedyFamilyScience Fiction

The martian has landed. There goes the neighborhood.

Ambitious television reporter Tim O'Hara stumbles upon a martian whose spaceship has accidentally crashed on Earth. Thinking this is his ticket to a Pulitzer Prize, Tim makes plans to expose the martian, who, posing as Tim's Uncle Martin, takes human form and has plans of his own. In fact, all of Tim's efforts to divulge the truth are systematically thwarted by the resourceful alien, who ultimately recruits Tim to help him repair his ship for a return to Mars.

Directors
Donald Petrie
Editors
Malcolm Campbell

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  1. Christopher Lloyd

    Christopher Lloyd

    Uncle Martin

  2. Jeff Daniels

    Jeff Daniels

    Tim O'Hara

  3. Elizabeth Hurley

    Elizabeth Hurley

    Brace Channing

  4. Daryl Hannah

    Daryl Hannah

    Lizzie

  5. Wallace Shawn

    Wallace Shawn

    Coleye

  6. Christine Ebersole

    Christine Ebersole

    Mrs. Brown

  7. Michael Lerner

    Michael Lerner

    Mr. Channing

  8. Ray Walston

    Ray Walston

    Armitan

  9. Shelley Malil

    Shelley Malil

    Felix

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r96sk

Oct 9, 2020

5/10

Rubbish, despite a pretty good cast. 'My Favorite Martian' is an unfunny, wide of the mark 1999 release from Disney. None of the humour got laughs, or mild amusement, out from me - except one scene involving a toilet, which is marginally amusing. It also tries to join the comedy up with heart, especially between Martin and Tim, but it simply doesn't hit. There are moments where I could tell the film wanted me to care for the character(s) but I never did. It's also a surprisingly horny film, with iffy innuendo and even some inappropriate touching in there. If this was an 'American Pie' type of film then it might fit, but it feels very out of place here. Zoot (Wayne Knight) confirms those words, his dumb character is obnoxious. Knight, who is oddly uncredited, is joined by Christopher Lloyd (Martin) and Jeff Daniels (Tim). That should be a great match, but they never really click together in my opinion - a missed opportunity, for sure. Elizabeth Hurley (Brace) and Daryl Hannah (Lizzie) are also involved, though the female characters are pretty pointless - Hurley has a small part in the main plot at one point, at least. It's a no from me. Straight into the bottom ten of Disney live-action, of the ones I've seen up until '99. Perhaps fans of the original television series will enjoy this, but I didn't.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$65,000,000.00
Revenue
$36,850,101.00
Keywords
alienmartianfish out of water