Movie & Video Reviews: Mars Attacks!

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Movie:
Mars Attacks!

Stars:
Jack Nicholson
Glenn Close
Annette Benning
Danny Devito
Lukas Haas
Tom Jones
Martians

Director:
Tim Burton

Date: 1996

Bottom Line:
Excellent comedy! Probably best appreciated by Tim Burton and John Waters fans only.

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Mars Attacks!

This is a really funny movie. I highly recommend it. "Mars Attacks!" was definitely Tim Burton on acid while he was making this movie. If you like other Tim Burton movies like Ed Wood or Beetlejuice, multiply the weirdness of either of those by 10 & you'll get the idea how good this movie was. I kinda got the idea that Tim Burton had had some discussions with John Waters about the American experience for some insight on some of the scenes.
I don't want to give anything away, but once you see how they kill the Martians, you'll probably agree that, although you had never thought of using that particular product in that way, it would make sense that that would be one of the uses for that item. Also, I don't think that anyone here has ever heard the Star-Spangled Banner as played by a Mariachi band.