My Favorite Martian (1999)

A Martian lands on Earth and makes friends with a reporter.

Director:

Donald Petrie

Writers:

John L. Greene (television series My Favorite Martian), Sherri Stoner

Stars:

Christopher Lloyd, Jeff Daniels, Elizabeth Hurley

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Christopher Lloyd	...	Uncle Martin
Jeff Daniels	...	Tim O'Hara
Elizabeth Hurley	...	Brace Channing
Daryl Hannah	...	Lizzie
Wallace Shawn	...	Coleye
Christine Ebersole	...	Mrs. Brown
Michael Lerner	...	Mr. Channing
Ray Walston	...	Armitan
Shelley Malil	...	Felix
Jeremy Hotz	...	Billy
T.K. Carter	...	Lenny
Dawn Maxey	...	Salesgirl
Steven Anthony Lawrence	...	Nurplex Kid
Michael Chieffo	...	Earl Metz
Troy Evans	...	Captain Dalton

Storyline

Life couldn't get much worse for News Producer Tim O'Hara. He humiliates the one he loves, Brace Channing and ends up getting fired by her father. Then, a Martian from Mars arrives in his home. The Martian adopts the name 'Uncle Martin' and becomes friends with Tim, whilst he fixes his ship. Unaware to Martin, Tim actually wants to reveal him to the world, but can he actually do that to his new friend and 'Uncle'?

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Plot Keywords:

martian | spaceship | alien | bare chested male | male nudity | 

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Taglines:

On February 12th, don't talk to strangers; and whatever you do, don't eat the nerplex!

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Genres:

Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for some crude humor, action-violence, sensuality, partial nudity and language

Did You Know?

Trivia

Daryll Hannah's 2nd Disney movie. She was Madison the mermaid in Splash(1984) also a Disney film under Touchstone Pictures.

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Goofs

[11:16]Uncle Martin says people of earth (earlings AKA terrans) are fortunate to have so much water as he's looking at the ocean water. He knows so much about earth, he should have known that ocean water is useless. Santa Barbara did build a water desalination plant in the early 1990's but was never turned on.

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Quotes

Uncle Martin: Stop being such a wet blanket.
Zoot, Martin's Talking Space Suit: Hey, leave my mother out of this.

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Crazy Credits

Zoot AS HIMSELF

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Connections

Spoofs 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

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Soundtracks

Hot Hot Hot
Written by Arrow
Performed by David Johansen (as Buster Poindexter)
Courtesy of The RCA Records Label of BMG Entertainment

User Reviews

Just did not have enough jokes and story.

My Favourite Martian (1999, Dir. Donald Petrie)

Life couldn't get much worse for News Producer Tim O'Hara. He humiliates the one he loves, Brace Channing and ends up getting fired by her father. Then, a Martian from Mars arrives in his home. The Martian adopts the name 'Uncle Martin' and becomes friends with Tim, whilst he fixes his ship. Unaware to Martin, Tim actually wants to reveal him to the world, but can he actually do that to his new friend and 'Uncle'?

I was very young when this came out, and at the time i loved it. I am not familiar at all with the original TV series and had never seen any of the episodes, but i do know what makes a good film, and this film isn't exactly a good film. The film just did not have a well built story. The film just seemed to have a lot of scenes of talking and walking around. The film was basically just following them around in their normal lives. When action did begin to pick up, this was very limited and was over in a matter of minutes. The characters really didn't have much character in them. There weren't many jokes at all coming from any of them. Christopher Lloyd only seemed to play the most interesting character and did provide me with a few laughs. He had all the perfect characteristics, but this still doesn't save a poorly written film.

"Is there an alien amongst us?" - Brace Channing (Elizabeth Hurley)

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 February 1999 (USA)

Also Known As:

My Favorite Martian

Filming Locations:

219 Stearns Wharf, Santa Barbara, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$65,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$8,828,586, 14 February 1999

Gross USA:

$36,850,101

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$36,850,101

Company Credits

Production Co:

Walt Disney Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1