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- 1999
- PG
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
- 1 h 34 m
- 1999
- PG
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
- 1 h 34 m
Directed By: Donald Petrie
Written By: John L. Greene, Sherri Stoner, Deanna Oliver
- 1999
- PG
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
- 1 h 34 m
- 1999
- PG
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
- 1 h 34 m
My Favorite Martian
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5.5
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Directed By: Donald Petrie
Written By: John L. Greene, Sherri Stoner, Deanna Oliver
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 21 Critic Reviews
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10% Positive
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43% Mixed
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10 Reviews
10 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 21 Critic Reviews
33
10% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
43% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
48% Negative
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
Imagine viewing Men in Black through the fog of a brain-embalming hangover and you won't have to buy a ticket to this piece of space junk. [12 Feb 1999, p.8E]
My Favorite Martian never achieves anything that resembles farcical consistency, let alone farcical bliss, but it has enough playful nonsense scattered around a hit-and-miss scenario to rationalize a kiddie matinee excursion. [12 Feb 1999, p.C16]
Based on a goofy '60s TV series and aimed squarely at vulgar 10-year-olds (and inner vulgar 10 year olds), this sappy comedy is relatively harmless and occasionally serves up a funny bit.
Martian is loud, busy and altogether pointless. Worse, it’s simply not as engaging as the show that inspired it.
Even the presence of Walston himself, as the government heavy in charge of tracking Lloyd's zany Martian, does little to alter the inescapable conclusion that this My Favorite Martian reincarnation is more likely to find favor with the undemanding than the nostalgia-minded. [12 Feb 1999, p.E5]
With its mixture of whimsy and special-effects-driven humor, My Favorite Martian aims to blend E.T. and Men In Black, but in its sad, mercenary shamelessness, it ends up recalling Mac And Me instead.
One possible explanation for My Favorite Martian, a picture so bad it's unwatchable, is that moviemakers are from Mars and moviegoers are from Venus. Not since Howard the Duck has a comedy tried so desperately hard for so pitifully few laughs. [12 Feb 1999, p.17]
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Production Company
Walt Disney Pictures
Release Date Feb 12, 1999
Duration 1 h 34 m
Rating PG
Tagline They don't want to conquer us. They don't want to study us. All they want is a place to crash.
Awards
The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards
• 3 Nominations
