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“The martian has landed. There goes the neighborhood.”
My Favorite Martian (1999)
February 11, 19991h 34mEN
5.6
343 votes
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.
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Donald PetrieWriters
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Original Language
English
Budget
$65.0M
Revenue
$36.9M
Production Companies
Walt Disney Pictures
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User Reviews
r96sk
5.0Rubbish, despite a pretty good cast. <em>'My Favorite Martian'</em> 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 <em>'Ame…
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