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A Balasaur Score of 40 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes 13%, Metacritic 33/100. Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do. Most of the 1,433 1990s comedy movies in this catalog score higher. Streaming on Disney+.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do.
366 audience votes
Key crew
- Sherri StonerScreenplay
- Deanna OliverScreenplay
- Donald PetrieDirector
- John DebneyOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Christopher LloydUncle Martin
- Jeff DanielsTim O'Hara
- Elizabeth HurleyBrace Channing
- Daryl HannahLizzie
- Wallace ShawnColeye
- Christine EbersoleMrs. Brown
- Michael LernerMr. Channing
- Ray WalstonArmitan
- Shelley MalilFelix
- Jeremy HotzBilly
- T.K. CarterLenny
- Dawn MaxeySalesgirl
Stills
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