
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'?... (Full plot summary below)
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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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| Needcoffee.comWidgett WallsA clever and well-written screenplay is what saved this thing from being just like any other failure in the remake experiment. |
| USA TodayMike ClarkTravel from Mars to Earth is an amazing feat, but not much more remarkable than reviving a sitcom that had been dead for a third of a century. |
| New York TimesLawrence Van GelderTravel from Mars to Earth is an amazing feat, but not much more remarkable than reviving a sitcom that had been dead for a third of a century. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliThe movie is pretty much what you might expect from a big-screen adaptation of a once-popular '60s TV series: good-natured, appealing, and sophomoric. |
| Salon.comAndrew O'HehirWhat we have here is a highly agreeable cast goofing around within the familiar parameters of the alien-lost-on-Earth story, to absolutely no purpose except killing time. |
| Miami HeraldCurtis MorganMartian is loud, busy and altogether pointless. Worse, it’s simply not as engaging as the show that inspired it. |
| San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleAn intermittently pleasing children's film. |
| Film Journal InternationalDavid LutyDoesn't even have the little spark of life that actors with a certain measure of lunacy and chemistry can deliver. |
| Sci-Fi Movie PageJames O'EhleyI found it to be acceptable video fodder. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertMy Favorite Martian is slapstick and silliness, wild sight gags and a hyped-up acting style. The Marx Brothers would have been at home here. The movie is clever in its visuals, labored in its audios, and noisy enough to entertain kids. |