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mackski

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This movie was only o.k. It seems like a huge waste for the excellent ensemble cast that was assembled for this one. Sure there are some funny parts but the whole thing wears pretty thing really quick. On the other hand if you are going to base...
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This movie was only o.k. It seems like a huge waste for the excellent ensemble cast that was assembled for this one. Sure there are some funny parts but the whole thing wears pretty thing really quick. On the other hand if you are going to base a movie off a set of collectible trading cards from the 50's this is the way to do it.

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Posted aug 21, 2008 12:43 am pt

rolmanus

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If someone say: "this film is bad", than that guy can't understand the meaning of this movie. This movie shows you how stupid are we. How stupid the man of the earth is. It's not a perfect movie, i know, but if you understand the meaning...
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If someone say: "this film is bad", than that guy can't understand the meaning of this movie. This movie shows you how stupid are we. How stupid the man of the earth is. It's not a perfect movie, i know, but if you understand the meaning of it, than you will enjoy it.

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Posted nov 4, 2007 1:45 am pt

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This movie blows chunks. I mean what a piece of crap. The only thing I can be thankful for is I didn't waste money seeing it in the theater. I just caught it on tv, and I hope I never even see a clip of it again.

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Posted aug 7, 2007 6:33 am pt

elpaquilloloco

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What the f... was that??
This film simply wasted the star-studded cast with one lame story, cheap and unfunny jokes. The performances weren't bad, but whatever, overall, this is a film it should be avoided at all costs.
40/100.

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Posted mar 12, 2007 5:47 am pt

amauriel

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I am a huge fan of all things comedy and especially movie spoofs, but I thought that "Mars Attacks!" fell short of the cool mark. I mean, it, plain and simple, wasn't that funny despite an outstanding ensemble cast.

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Posted mar 10, 2007 5:27 am pt

billy918

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Mars Attacks! is a good sci-fi comedy movie with a full line of Hollywood stars. If Aliens were to visit Earth, who knows what would happen, but this movie has it's take on the visitors from Mars. The movie takes place in multiple areas around the...
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Mars Attacks! is a good sci-fi comedy movie with a full line of Hollywood stars. If Aliens were to visit Earth, who knows what would happen, but this movie has it's take on the visitors from Mars. The movie takes place in multiple areas around the country, from different people, from the President and his family in the White House, to a family living in the desert, to a Vegas casino, to a woman who is anticipating the aliens arrival who has a talk show, and they all have their ways of trying to save themselves from the aliens. At first when the aliens land, it seemed like they were friendly, the next minute, they were opening fire. So of course the U.S. army had to fight back. I don't want to give away the the one thing that they seem to hate, that results in them dying, but one of the aforementioned groups helps in killing the remaining aliens who were terrorizing everyone. Overall, it's a good movie, with a good cast, filled with good laughs.

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Posted dec 14, 2006 5:11 am pt

• [+] Dallas Observer
  
  90
  Part homage and part demolition job, Mars Attacks! is perhaps the funniest piece of giddy schlock heartlessness ever committed to film.

  by Peter Rainer | Read Full Review »
• [+] Entertainment Weekly
  
  83
  In its nothing's-quite-at-stake way, Mars Attacks! has Tim Burton's flaked-out spirit -- it makes you feel like a very knowing 8-year-old, seeing through the artifice yet believing in it at the same time.

  by Owen Gleiberman | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Reader
  
  80
  I'm not sure what it all means, but, as in Ed Wood, Burton's visual flair and affection for the characters make it fun.

  by Jonathan Rosenbaum | Read Full Review »
• [+] Austin Chronicle
  
  78
  A holiday film with no conscience whatsoever, Mars Attacks! will make you laugh, it will make you cry, and it definitely will make you wonder about Earth's ability to defend itself in the face of higher life forms.

  by Alison Macor | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
  
  75
  A flashy nineties flick with a campy fifties feel -- it's playful, naive, clever, silly, often inventive, occasionally uneven and, compared to studio offerings to date, the best present under this year's cinematic tree.

  by Rick Groen | Read Full Review »
• [+] Time
  
  70
  Perhaps they don't create quite enough deeply funny earthlings to go around, but a thoroughly meanspirited big-budget movie is always a treasurable rarity. And those little guys from far away are a hoot. [30 Dec 1996]

  by Richard Schickel | Read Full Review »
• [+] Variety
  
  60
  The picture is lacking in the uproarious humor that might well have ensued from the material, which instead inspires occasional laughs but, much more often, bemused fascination and wonderment at the bizarre imaginations and impressive skill of the filmmakers.

  by Todd McCarthy | Read Full Review »
• [+] TV Guide
  
  60
  It may seem mean-spirited to complain that in the end Burton's spectacle is a bit hollow. But his genius has always resided in his ability to give depth and a curious, dark richness to the ephemeral fluff of his pop-culture memories -- this is all sparkly surface.

  by Staff (Non Credited) | Read Full Review »
• [+] Newsweek
  
  60
  What makes you giggle your way through much of the movie isn't the jokes--Jonathan Gems's script is surprisingly feeble, and Burton's comic timing is often flat-- but the sheer, oddball chutzpah of it all. [23 Dec 1996]

  by David Ansen | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Sun-Times
  
  50
  Mars Attacks! has the look and feel of a schlocky 1950s science-fiction movie, and if it's not as bad as a Wood film, that's not a plus: A movie like this should be a lot better, or a lot worse.

  by Roger Ebert | Read Full Review »
• [+] Christian Science Monitor
  
  50
  The result can be viewed as an uproarious satire of science fiction in the "Independence Day" mold, or as a rehash of "Gremlins" without the novelty of the original.

  by David Sterritt | Read Full Review »
• [+] ReelViews
  
  50
  A stillborn affair that could have been -- and should have been -- a whole lot hipper and funnier. If you've seen the two- minute theatrical trailer, you've seen nearly everything that's worthwhile in the feature.

  by James Berardinelli | Read Full Review »
• [+] San Francisco Chronicle
  
  50
  This messy science fiction comedy blows most of its inspired moments because of its mean-spirited, deafening siege mentality, which turns rich promise into a tiresome parade of half-baked skits. Hilarity never seemed so tedious.

  by Peter Stack | Read Full Review »
• [+] San Francisco Examiner
  
  50
  Nicholson squeezes every wretched drop of buffoonery from this character, and it's distressing to watch him play an easy role for easy laughs.

  by Walter Addiego | Read Full Review »
• [+] Washington Post
  
  40
  With the exception of Burton's jolting sight gags (I may never recover from the vision of Parker's head grafted on to the body of a chihuahua), the comedy is half-developed, pedestrian material. And the climactic battle between Earthlings and Martians is dull and overextended.

  by Desson Thomson | Read Full Review »