My Favorite Martian
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 Petrie
Martha Elcan
Susan Bierbaum
Tony Schwartz
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Rubbish, 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>'American Pie'</em> type of film then it might fit, but it feels very out of place here. Zoot (Wayne Knight) confirms those words, his dumb character is obnoxious. Knight, who is oddly uncredited, is joined by Christopher Lloyd (Martin) and Jeff Daniels (Tim). That should be a great match, but they never really click together in my opinion - a missed opportunity, for sure. Elizabeth Hurley (Brace) and Daryl Hannah (Lizzie) are also involved, though the female characters are pretty pointless - Hurley has a small part in the main plot at one point, at least. It's a no from me. Straight into the bottom ten of Disney live-action, of the ones I've seen up until '99. Perhaps fans of the original television series will enjoy this, but I didn't.
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The directors of My Favorite Martian are Donald Petrie, Martha Elcan, Susan Bierbaum, and Tony Schwartz.
The cast of My Favorite Martian includes Christopher Lloyd as Uncle Martin, Troy Evans as Captain Dalton, Ray Walston as Armitan, Wallace Shawn as Coleye, Lorin McCraley as Cool Dude, Michael Bailey Smith as Big Guard, Michael Lerner as Mr. Channing, Daryl Hannah as Lizzie, Shelley Malil as Felix, Steven Anthony Lawrence as Nurplex Kid, David St. James as Prescott, Ken Thorley as KTSC Floor Manager, and more.
The duration of My Favorite Martian is 1h 34 mins.
Yes. You can watch the My Favorite Martian trailer on this Fanbiz page on Fanziz.
My Favorite Martian was released on 11 Feb 1999.
My Favorite Martian is listed under Comedy, Family, and Science Fiction on Fanbiz.
My Favorite Martian has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 5.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "Rubbish, 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..."
