Mars Attacks!
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Metascore
52 out of 100

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

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6.4 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 61 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. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 15
  3. Negative: 5 out of 15
  1. WWABTT123
    10
    Martians are look like completely not realistic graphics but a good plot
  2. EssenceOfSugar
    8
    This stylistic feature of black comedy has put quite a mark on reflecting and perhaps parodying America's attitudes towards culture and materialism. The fact that the design of the UFOs and Martians were less shoddy and more of what we think of them means that it helps to look at these in terms of our assumptions. A great ensemble of character with their own time to shine, the comedy is affectionate as well as outrageous. It's not meant to be predictable, it's the fact that the characters should have seen this one coming.… Collapse
  3. Necromus
    5
    If you're looking for a B-movie quality parody of B-movies with a bunch of well-known actors thrown into a plot-less confusion of a movie then you'll enjoy this! But if you are like me you'll just leave the theater after viewing it scratching your head saying "What the hell was that I just watched?"… Expand
  4. BobB.
    0
    Tim Burton made this? or was he just making an attempt at a modern Ed Wood film?

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