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Mars Attacks!
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Metascore
52 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 19 Critics What's this?

User Score
6.3 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 44 Ratings

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  • Starring: Annette Bening, Jack Nicholson, Pierce Brosnan, Sarah Jessica Parker
  • Summary: Earth is overrun with mean, green invaders! They're armed with insta-fry ray guns, endowed with slimy, humungous brains, and enlivened with out-of-this-world but state-of-the-art special effects. Thrill! As Earth fights back with an unexpected weapon. Take that, Martians! (Warner Bros.)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 19
  3. Negative: 2 out of 19
  1. Dallas Observer
    Reviewed by: Peter Rainer
    90
    Part homage and part demolition job, Mars Attacks! is perhaps the funniest piece of giddy schlock heartlessness ever committed to film.
  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Staff (Non Credited)
    60
    It may seem mean-spirited to complain that in the end Burton's spectacle is a bit hollow. But his genius has always resided in his ability to give depth and a curious, dark richness to the ephemeral fluff of his pop-culture memories -- this is all sparkly surface.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Elvis Mitchell
    30
    Just a parade of scattershot gags, more often weird than funny an dmost often just flat. [13 Dec 1996, p.C5]
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User Reviews

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 11
  3. Negative: 5 out of 11
  1. WWABTT123
    10
    Martians are look like completely not realistic graphics but a good plot
    • 1 of 3 users said yes
  2. Dee
    3
    No real plot. The movie was all over the board. The scenes made good actors appear as amaturs.
    • 0 of 2 users said yes
  3. DeanD.
    2
    A total waste of time. Jokes were few and far between, and seldom funny at all. Tack those onto a threadbare, incoherent plot, and you have a recipe for disaster.… Expand
    • 1 of 2 users said yes

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