My Favorite Martian
Release Date: 1999-02-11
Rating : 5.6/10
Duration : 94 minutes
Genres : Comedy, Family, Science Fiction
Director : Donald Petrie
Writer : Sherri Stoner, Deanna Oliver
Ambitious television reporter Tim O'Hara stumbles upon a martian whose spaceship has accidentally crashed on Earth. Thinking this is his ticket to a Pulitzer Prize, Tim makes plans to expose the martian, who, posing as Tim's Uncle Martin, takes human form and has plans of his own. In fact, all of Tim's efforts to divulge the truth are systematically thwarted by the resourceful alien, who ultimately recruits Tim to help him repair his ship for a return to Mars.
Cast
Christopher Lloyd
Jeff Daniels
Elizabeth Hurley
Daryl Hannah
Wallace Shawn
Christine Ebersole