Mars Attacks

  • U/A (INDIA)
  • 1997


MOVIE IS disappointing exciting amazing amusing ironic
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56 % Rotten
$ 101 Million
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Positive Reviews 38
Negative reviews 17
Average Rating 3.1/5
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2.0
Burton stages the destruction of the world as lyrically surreal spectacle. EW
2.5
Burton has made a common mistake: He assumes it is funny simply to *be doing* a parody, when in fact the material has to be funny in its own right. Rogerebert
4.5
Loaded with wit, nifty little ideas and an extraordinary sense of design, but its allure is of quite a particular nature, much closer to that of Ed Wo .. Variety
3.5
Mars Attacks! is the perfect antidote to too much holiday shopping and too many viewings of Its a Wonderful Life.
4.0
Burton is at his funniest when the Martians are zapping away like brats playing a video game. E Film Critic
2.5
This messy science fiction comedy, out on home video, blows most of its inspired moments with its mean spirited mentality, which turns rich promise in .. San Francisco Chronicle
2.5
Better to ignore the tinhorn misanthropy and watch the picture as a simple send up of 50s flying saucer movies, enhanced with an all star cast and Bur .. San Francisco Chronicle
4.0
Closer in its scattergun approach to Beetlejuice than his two blockbusting Batmans, this is by turns inspired, lumbering, visionary, infuriatingly was ..
2.0
It has a silly juvenile appeal in its unrelenting and subversive camp satire of the pop culture scene, but is too Ed Wood like to be taken seriously a .. Sover
2.5
Unfortunately, too many attempts at comedy dont succeed, creating long stretches between laughs. ReelViews
3.8
As light entertainment, Mars Attacks! gave me more pleasure than most other recent movies Ive seen. Chicago Reader
3.0
This may not be the best or funniest effort by Burton. It is his biggest, and a lot of fun, too.
4.0
Among an amazing roster of stars, Pierce Brosnan is hilarious as a presidential adviser and Lisa Marie is weirdly creepy as a disguised alien temptres .. Radio Times
1.5
Still, its disappointingly frivolous after the inventiveness of Ed Wood, where Burton moved in exciting new directions. Cs Monitor
3.8
How audiences will react to it will depend on their tolerance for wall to wall silliness, as well as some really over the top violence and gore. Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
2.5
Like a well constructed bad painting, there is much to admire in the film, but the net effect leaves you dispassionate. Internet Reviews
2.5
There is plenty of imagination in Mars Attack!, but the ideas prickle rather than tickle. Internet Reviews
4.5
Just when youre about to give up hope, suddenly the aliens land, the gags start flying faster and faster, and the movie gets great in a hurry. Internet Reviews
3.1
Probably the biggest let down since the second season of Twin Peaks. Internet Reviews
3.0
Each step is away from the imagination that made the cards exciting to adolescents and towards a sort of smirking patronization of the spirit of the s .. Internet Reviews
2.0
Burton has cast a number of famous foreign directors in ironic parts. Emanuellevy
1.5
Watching this almost twenty years ago, and again a few days ago, I am still left pondering: Who exactly did this movie appeal to.What was the niche au .. Cinema Crazed
1.5
A throwaway piece of pop ephemera, like a 90s Casino Royale, momentarily arresting and soon forgotten. Salon
3.0
This should have been an unforgettable film so what went wrong Rarely has the title of a film summed it up so well or so completely. Eye For Film
3.5
Lots of laughs, and the more off beat your sense of humour, the more you will get out of this latest Tim Burton offering.
3.0
Instead its a paceless, overlong, and campy film partly redeemed by a number of hilarious and gruesome alien invasion skits. Bbc
1.5
Perhaps they dont create quite enough deeply funny earthlings to go around, but a thoroughly meanspirited big budget movie is always a treasurable rar .. Time
4.4
But if any film is to revive the movie musical, it will be Evita, for its haunting melodies, strong performances, and overall passion has the potentia .. Mr Brown Movies
3.8
They are funny, mean little buggers, and theyre worthing checking out. Chicago Tribune
1.5
Mars Attacks! has its moments. But then, so did Plan 9 from Outer Space. Chicago Tribune
3.8
This is a terrible movie made hilarious by Burtons tweaked sense of humor and no one else could have done it as well. Spliced Wire
2.5
And, sure enough, even with my lowered expectations, it fell short with the laughs. Movie Habit
4.0
Told with its tongue firmly in its cheek, the movie starts with the arrival of Martian flying saucers. 7M Pictures
2.0
If movies have pop cult I.Q.s, Mars Attacks scores somewhere beyond 200. E Online
3.8
Since the movie is obviously designed to be a larky romp through low culture cheese, it may seem mean spirited to complain that in the end Burtons spe .. Movies Tv Guide
4.4
Inside those spinning spacecrafts, Burtons imagination lets loose. Larsen On Film
3.8
And you cant deny Burtons amazing imagination when it comes to art direction and the visual style of his movies. Montreal Film Journal
4.5
Both a tribute to schlock sci fi and a deconstruction of it, this sleekly cheeseball $70 million production is all attitude. Its not Burtons best by a .. News Week
4.5
While that unintentionally silly film replicated an earnest 1950s sensibility, Mars is all 90s cynicism and disbelief, mocking the conventions that In .. La Times
3.8
What Independence Day took seriously, Burtons film simply blasts away straight into orbit! Scifi Movie Page
1.5
Attacks only real virtue is its consistency: On every level, whether its acting, humor, action or special effects, it is consistently disappointing. People
3.1
And the caustic Danny DeVito walks on (very briefly) as a rude crude blackjack player. Tulsa World
4.5
The cast is so large that most of the actors dont stick around very long, but each has his or her moment to shine. Orlando Sentinel
1.9
Nicholson doesnt work in either of his two roles; hes too stiff as the president, too blustery as the con man and not funny as either. Articles Baltimore Sun
4.0
A frantic, funny love letter to an era of entertainment gone by, but also a top notch example of modern comedy. Net Flix
3.0
A bizarre combination of eye candy, warped humor, social satire and comedic ultraviolence. Web Archive
3.0
Unlike Burtons tribute to B movie director Ed Wood or Mel Brooks parody Young Frankenstein, this movies self awareness doesnt work. Web Archive
1.5
The actors spoof stereotypes, but all too obviously. The screenplay is superficial and utterly predictable. Web Archive
2.5
The relentless take no prisoners attitude of the invaders is effective, but the 50s Cold War humor updated for the 90s falls flat. Paloalto Online
3.8
This may not be a Christmas movie, but it sure captures the elusive spirit of the season, and the simple pleasure is contagious. Globe and Mail
1.5
Heavy with irony and criss cross cultural references, Mars Attacks! betrays the same fondness for schlock that has marked much of Burtons work. Boston Phoenix
2.0
Mars is a fireball of failure, a B movie crammed full of A list actors, an exercise in tacky self indulgence that will numb you with its labored eccen .. Associated Press
4.4
With Mars Attacks, director Tim Burton has created not only an instant cult hit, but a very offbeat black comedy that parodies martian invasion films, .. Cine Matter
3.0
This messy masterpiece is the years funniest comedy and a weird, winking affirmation of the power of the people. Deep Focus
4.4
The films penchant for repetition is faithful to its 50s source material and is the very quality that turns Mars Attacks! into such a marvelously unst .. Sacramento Bee
4.0
It may not be easy to make a convincing modern B movie, but Burton and company have succeeded in a big way with these nasty little buggers. Film Scouts
1.5
The pinko commie Independence Day, Burtons film orders an invasion of little green men not to reinvigorate our all American bloodlust, but to make us .. City Pages
2.5
Isolated cool moments aside, Mars Attacks! is mostly blah filler. Burton dashes around so skittishly he rarely has time to exploit his better ideas; i ..
1.9
Maybe plot is too much to expect from a movie inspired by a line of gross out trading cards instead of something weighty and complex, like a comic boo .. Enquirer
3.1
works well enough, though never well enough to make up for the fact that Burton ultimately settles for less. Spokes Man
3.0
Slow in starting, this is a film which nevertheless really does have its moments, and isnt afraid to be ruthless with its star studden cast, providing .. Movie Gurus
3.1
But even a star studded cast, headed by Burtons old Joker, Jack Nicholson, cannot breathe much life into a wild spoof spun into a feature length film. Hartford Courant
2.0
Nothing much is funny in Mars Attacks!, whose mildly amusing War of the Worlds story can best be described as... Mars attacks. Contact Music
4.5
Burton isnt interested in intergalactic amity; hes not even interested in preserving the Earth. Phoenix New Times



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