Mars Attacks!
User Score
6.4 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 61 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 45 out of 61
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 61
  3. Negative: 10 out of 61

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  1. MikeN.
    Aug 9, 2003
    2
    Weak. It's not funny, not exciting and not visually interesting.
  2. Dee
    Feb 9, 2006
    3
    No real plot. The movie was all over the board. The scenes made good actors appear as amaturs.
  3. DeanD.
    Mar 20, 2006
    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.
  4. raVen
    Apr 11, 2004
    3
    (2.5) Not funny ha-ha. "Funny--I coulda SWORE I parked the car RIGHT THERE!" funny.
  5. BobB.
    May 29, 2006
    0
    Tim Burton made this? or was he just making an attempt at a modern Ed Wood film?

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Metascore
52 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 19 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 19
  3. Negative: 2 out of 19
  1. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Rosenbaum
    80
    I'm not sure what it all means, but, as in Ed Wood, Burton's visual flair and affection for the characters make it fun.
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  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    83
    In its nothing's-quite-at-stake way, Mars Attacks! has Tim Burton's flaked-out spirit -- it makes you feel like a very knowing 8-year-old, seeing through the artifice yet believing in it at the same time.
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  3. San Francisco Examiner
    Reviewed by: Walter Addiego
    50
    Nicholson squeezes every wretched drop of buffoonery from this character, and it's distressing to watch him play an easy role for easy laughs.
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