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11/02/1999 Comedy, Family, Science Fiction 1h 34m
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The martian has landed. There goes the neighborhood.

Overview

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.

  1. Donald Petrie

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Christopher Lloyd

    Uncle Martin

  2. Jeff Daniels

    Tim O'Hara

  3. Elizabeth Hurley

    Brace Channing

  4. Daryl Hannah

    Lizzie

  5. Wallace Shawn

    Coleye

  6. Christine Ebersole

    Mrs. Brown

  7. Michael Lerner

    Mr. Channing

  8. Ray Walston

    Armitan

  9. Shelley Malil

    Felix

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Reviews

A review by r96sk
Written by r96sk on 2020-10-09
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 'Ame...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$65,000,000.00

Revenue
$36,850,101.00

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