Mars Needs Moms
2011 · Movie · PG · 88 min · ★ 6.0 · 43% critics
After Martians abduct a young boy’s mom, he sneaks onto their ship and ends up on Mars. With help from unlikely allies, he races through a strange underground world to rescue her and learns to appreciate what mothers do every day.
Also known as Mars Needs Mums · Des Mamans pour Mars
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Details
- Years
- 2011
- Release date
- 2011-03-09
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 43/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.0/10 (780 votes)
- Budget
- $150,000,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a fast, kid-friendly sci‑fi rescue story with a sincere family message, similar in spirit to Monsters vs Aliens; Not for you if uncanny visuals or a thin, noisy plot will bother you.
Pros: heartfelt mother-child message; brisk family adventure; some striking visuals | Cons: uneven story and humor; uncanny-looking animation; characters can annoy
Themes
- rescue
- alien
- martian
- alien abduction
- alien invasion
- based on children's book
- duringcreditsstinger
- motion capture
Cast & crew
Seth Green
as Milo (performance capture)
- SD
Seth Robert Dusky
as Milo (voice) (as Seth Dusky)
Joan Cusack
as Mom (voice)
Dan Fogler
as Gribble (voice)
Breckin Meyer
as Alien (voice)
Elisabeth Harnois
as Ki (voice)
Tom Everett Scott
as Milo's Dad (voice)
Mindy Sterling
as Supervisor (voice)
- JR
Julene Renee
as Martian (voice)
Raymond Ochoa
as Martian Hatchling (voice)
Directed by Simon Wells