A Martian lands on Earth and makes friends with a reporter.A Martian lands on Earth and makes friends with a reporter.A Martian lands on Earth and makes friends with a reporter.
- Awards
- 3 nominations
Charles Rahi Chun
- Radar Controller
- (as Charles Chun)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaThe outdoor set of Tim's apartment (with the exterior right-angled staircase) is almost exactly the set from My Favorite Martian (1963).
- GoofsWhen Martin is drinking the liquid from the lava lamp, it is clear that he is actually pouring it over his shoulder and not in his mouth.
- Quotes
Uncle Martin: You Earthlings don't know how lucky you are. The only water we get on Mars has to be squeezed from rocks.
- Crazy creditsZoot AS HIMSELF
- SoundtracksUncle Martin Theme
Written by Danny Elfman
Featured review
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)
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)
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Мій улюблений марсіянин
- Filming locations
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Box office
- Budget
- $65,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $36,850,101
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $8,828,586
- Feb 14, 1999
- Gross worldwide
- $36,850,101
- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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