Mars Needs Moms

2011
PG
1h 28m

IMDb RATING

5.4/10

24K

YOUR RATING

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Computer Animation Space Sci-Fi Adventure Animation Comedy Family Fantasy Sci-Fi

A young boy named Milo gains a deeper appreciation for his mom after Martians come to Earth to take her away.A young boy named Milo gains a deeper appreciation for his mom after Martians come to Earth to take her away.A young boy named Milo gains a deeper appreciation for his mom after Martians come to Earth to take her away.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

5.4/10

24K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 nominations

Trivia
According to the Los Angeles Times, Seth Green spent six weeks in a special sensor-equipped performance-capture suit while performing his lines as Milo. During post-production, the filmmakers noticed that Green was able to physically imitate the movements and behaviors of a 9-year-old boy, but his voice sounded too mature for the character. His voice was replaced by that of 11-year-old Seth Dusky. Green's voice still appears as the voice of one of the hippies on the '70s television show Ki watches. The first trailer, which was published on November 22, 2010, features Green's voice for Milo intact, implying that Dusky replaced the dialogue very shortly after this trailer was released.

Goofs
Milo's weight was less on Mars than Earth, which would be correct. However, when Gribble and Ki are on Earth, their weight should be higher than on Mars - by a factor of approximately three. This would have made it impossible for them to walk or really move around much at all.

Quotes
Mom: I thought I told you to go to bed!
Milo: You told me to "Go to bed". You didn't say "Get into bed". It's not specific.
Mom: Milo, my life would be so much better if I didn't have to be a nagging mom!
Milo: Yeah, well, my life would be so much better if I didn't have a mom at all.

Crazy credits
The red ball in the Image Movers Digital logo is replaced with Mars.

Alternate versions
There exists a cut of the movie where Seth Green's vocals as Milo are intact. Thanks to Youtuber, Cinephile Studios, However this cut of the film has the vocals of the characters be heard louder than the background Music.

Connections
Featured in Ebert Presents: At the Movies: Episode #1.8 (2011)

Soundtracks
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Written by Freddie Mercury
Performed by Queen
Licensed courtesy of Queen Productions Ltd.
Courtesy of Hollywood Records Inc. for N. America

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Featured review

Well, I liked it.

I guess I'm in the 'I liked it' camp. Frankly I am perplexed at the negative press and hatred thrown at this film. It's a Disney movie. That should tell you something. It will be a movie that adheres to some pretty strict rules. The movie will have to appeal to the broadest family audience possible. It will not have a lot of controversial social commentary. The conflicts in the movie will be resolved without bloodshed or body parts being flung about and the movie will have a happy ending. So what did you expect? Aside from that I thought all the actors did a fine job with their parts and I liked what was done creating the martian world. I'm sorry many people didn't find any likable characters. I liked them. The humans looked and acted like real people to me. I found Ki, the martian tagger, especially appealing. Why? Well, I don't want to deconstruct it too much. Let's just say I wish I'd known somebody with her personality when I was younger. As to all the nit picking, well yeah, I did that too. If they put in all the 'how did they eat, shower, go to the can, and buy food stuff the movie would have been 6 hours long! That's what you use your imagination for after the movie is over. It's too bad this movie didn't get any respect. It really deserved better.