This movie tries hard, but completely lacks the fun of the 1960s TV series, that I am sure people do remember with fondness. Although I am 17, I watched some of the series on YouTube a long time ago and it was enjoyable and fun. Sadly, this movie does little justice to the series.

The special effects are rather substandard, and this wasn't helped by the flat camera-work. The script also was dull and lacked any sense of wonder and humour. Other films with under-par scripting are Home Alone 4, Cat in the Hat, Thomas and the Magic Railroad and Addams Family Reunion.

Now I will say I liked the idea of the story, but unfortunately it was badly executed and ran out of steam far too early, and I am honestly not sure for this reason this is something for the family to enjoy. And I was annoyed by the talking suit, despite spirited voice work from Wayne Knight.

But the thing that angered me most about this movie was that it wasted the talents of Christopher Lloyd, Jeff Daniels and Daryl Hannah, all very talented actors. Jeff Daniels has pulled off some good performances before, but he didn't seem to have a clue what he was supposed to be doing, and Elizabeth Hurley's character sadly came across as useless. Daryl Hannah is a lovely actress and generally ignored, and I liked the idea of her being the love interest, but sadly you see very little of her,(not to mention the Monster attack is likely to scare children than enthrall them) likewise with Wallace Shawn as some kind of government operative. Christopher Lloyd acquits himself better, and as an actor I like Lloyd a lot(he was in two of my favourite films Clue and Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and I am fond of Back To The Future) but he was given little to work with, and had a tendency to overact quite wildly.

Overall, as much I wanted to like this movie, I was left unimpressed. Instead of being fun, it came across as pointless, and that is a shame because it had a lot of potential, with some talented actors and a good idea, but wasted with poor execution. 1/10 Bethany Cox

The last time I watched this film was when I was being looked after by a regular babysitter, we chose it to watch, at the time naturally I would enjoy it, in my adulthood, that was a different matter, from director Donald Petrie (Mystic Pizza, Miss Congeniality). Basically life for Tim O'Hara (Jeff Daniels) is terrible at the moment, being fired from his job as a news producer by Mr. Channing (Godzilla's Michael Lerner),father of his girlfriend, reporter Brace Channing (Elizabeth Hurley). Then his life changes when he discovers a martian crash landed to Earth, this alien forms into a human and becomes "Uncle Martin" (Christopher Lloyd),and he stays with him while he fixes his ship. It starts as a complicated situation where Tim has to keep an eye on Martin and his walking talking silver space suit Zoot (Wayne Knight),and he films the alien in his true form while in the jacuzzi. But this relationship slowly turns into a fond friendship as the antics of the alien grow on the Tim, and he cannot bring himself round to revealing this huge story to the world, despite how much it would do for him. Of course, after some crazy antics involving Zoot flirting with women's clothing, Martin stuffing his face with floating ice cream, and his ability to change his appearance into his friend in front of Tim's new girlfriend Lizzie (Daryl Hannah),the truth does nearly come out. Ruthless reporter Brace manages to find the secret filming in Tim's house and takes it to break the story, and this comes at the wrong time, because Martin reveals if he doesn't leave the planet soon his ship will explode. In the end the nasty Coleye (Toy Story's Wallace Shawn) who wants to catch an alien gets his comeuppance, and Martin was planning to go back to Mars, but he can't find it in himself to leave his friend Tim. Also starring Christine Ebersole as Mrs. Brown, Jeremy Hotz as Billy, Ray Walston as Armitan and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective's Troy Evans as Captain Dalton. It might have some good names in the cast, and it might have some alright special effects in moments, but neither of these things do the film any favours whatsoever, it is overly childish and a most appallingly predictable story based on a television show, a ridiculous and pointless family science-fiction comedy. Poor!

Silly, often ridiculous romp involving the landing of a space ship and the resulting havoc this causes on Tim (Jeff Daniels) and the people in his orbit.

Am always amazed by Daniels. He showed such depth and promise in 1983's "Terms of Endearment" as Shirley MacLaine's philandering son-in-law. As the years have passed, Daniels has been unable to get his hands on a good, meaty role. Instead, he is in inane comedies such as "Dumb and Dumber."

As for this picture, it fails because of the subject matter. At least, the television show brought about a variety of situations. In the film, we have constant slapstick and people turning into monsters as the government is thwarted into capturing the martian-Martin.

The part of Mrs. Brown is a perfect example of the non-success of the film. On television, Pamela Britton portrayed a ditsy individual caught up in situations with the martian leaving her perplexed. In the film version, a blond bomb-shell as Brown, tries romantic entanglement.

Television star Ray Walston has a small role as a government agent, or is he really that?

A very big disappointment for those who enjoyed the television show so much.