3.2 Score

1999 • 1h 34min • PG • Science Fiction, Comedy, Family

My Favorite Martian

"The martian has landed. There goes the neighborhood."

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.

IMDb 5.1

RT 12%

MC 33

Director

Donald Petrie

Writers

Sherri Stoner

Deanna Oliver

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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

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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

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