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My Favorite Martian

My Favorite Martian

  • Status: Released
  • 11-02-1999
  • Runtime: 94 min
  • Score: 5.63
  • Vote count: 341

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.

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

Arthur Senzy

Cmdr. Murdoch

Charles Rahi Chun

Radar Controller

Michael Dempsey

Van Gundy

David St. James

Prescott

Dee Anne Helsel

Dressing Room Woman

Lorin McCraley

Cool Dude

Ken Thorley

KTSC Floor Manager

Tom Hallick

Howard Greenly

Barry Pearl

News Director

Buck Kartalian

Muscle Man

Steve Bond

The Seti Group Driver

Sylvester Terkay

Huge Guard

Michael Bailey Smith

Big Guard

Christian Keiber

Guard at Clearing

Debra Christofferson

Mrs. Butz

r96sk

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.