"My Favorite Martian" was clearly before my time I never watched the series, yet I finally decided to check out the movie and it was a nice little picture that didn't take itself to serious! Even if the story was lame it was a fun adventure set in modern day California with a goof and lonely TV reporter Tim(Jeff Daniels)who stumbles upon a martian(Chris Lloyd)and this journey turns into a twist of one becoming a human form of Uncle Martin. Yet thru the film it's a wild goose chase of crazy times and travels even the government is hot on their heels. This film is a treat too for having wild special effects of cars shrinking and spaceships and floating objects! Also an eye candy treat is the beautiful Elizabeth Hurley as a sexy news anchor plus it was fun seeing her in a scene where she's tied up and gagged by the martian! Overall cute little funny non serious film with an eye candy treat of Elizabeth Hurley so zoom in and watch it!

My Favorite Martian (1999): Dir: Donald Petrie / Cast: Christopher Lloyd, Jeff Daniels, Elizabeth Hurley, Daryl Hannah, Wallace Shawn: Pathetic geek show based on a T.V. Show that starred Ray Walston as the martian. It regards a Martian's appeal or nature and why Jeff Daniels decides to help him. Christopher Lloyd plays the Martian who crash lands on earth and discovered by Daniels, a reporter who has just lost his job. Lloyd can shrink his space shuttle and has a zoot suit that has a life of its own. Daniels tries to help him repair his ship before it explodes. Lackluster directing by Donald Petrie who previously made The Associate. Special effects are cheesy and screenplay is dreadful. Lloyd is the one casting that appeals and he plays in a variation of his maddening Back to the Future role. We know he will repair his ship in time but no one could possibly fix the screenplay. Supporting roles are cardboard at best. Daniels plays the foil and unfortunately falls flat. Elizabeth Hurley as another reporter is a mere prop but thankfully she provides great eye candy. Daryl Hannah is wasted as Daniels's camerawoman / girlfriend. Wallace Shawn is also playing another role that comes across like he was up all night buzzed on coffee. With special effects that are about as good as a third grade art painting, this becomes yet another failed T.V. show to film that becomes one big brainless mess. Score: 1 / 10

I have never seen the My Favorite Martian TV series so I have no frame of reference, which seems to be what let most of the reviewers here down. Well, far from being perfect, My Favorite Martian is a terrifically funny movie for all its worth. Christopher Lloyd and Jeff Daniels bounce off each other hilariously, and Elizabeth Hurley makes a hilarious supporting role as a snobbish reporter whose dad runs the TV studio.You know the gist of the plot - a Martian lands on Earth and winds up in the home of a struggling reporter, who becomes conflicted on whether or not to expose him.That's all there is to it, really. There is a lot of comedy and romance. All these reviews are way, WAY too harsh! I love intelligent movies as much as the next man and I can't stand overly brainless junk, but this movie really is neither; it's wedged far inbetween. My Favorite Martian is an innocent, fun flick with a lot of humour that makes me, a 25-year old man, laugh a lot at. Think of it as Rocketman's less-wacky little brother and you're on the right track.

The story is similar to ET: an extraterrestrial run around on earth and tries to come back home. While its stay on our planet, it will create friendly ties with humans.But, unlike ET which exudes drama, comedy, poetry, this movie is only fun. It is indeed a pure Dysney production: its core audience are children & the movie is more more in the visual than in the message.Thus, you will find some funny scenes (the first sighting of the town, a "cosmic" stray toaster) and the casting is experimented, with special mentions to "Doc", who rejuvenates in a "Mac Fly" character, and to Hurley, who seems open to auto-derision.Ice on the cake: the main title is scored by Danny Elfman, and like every other great composer, you recognize his "voice" before he is even credited.