Mars Needs Moms

Mom needs a little space.

This stop-motion family feature bombed at the US box office, causing some problems for Disney. The film is about a rebellious nine-year-old, who wishes he didn't have a mom. The Martians grant his wish and wisk mom off to Mars, where they need Earth moms to raise their kids. Junior manages to steal a ride along, and soon is hard at work on Mars trying to rescue his mother. I guess he discovered he does need her after all.

86 minutes.
Parental Guidance (Violence).
Action, Adventure, Animated, Comedy, Family.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

They make nice pets.

Credits

Cast	Seth Green, voices of Dan Fogler, Joan Cusack, Elisabeth Harnois, Mindy Sterling, Kevin Cahoon, Tom Everett Scott
Director	Simon Wells
Screenplay	Simon Wells, Wendly Wells, from the book by Berkeley Breathed
Music	John Powell
Cinematography	Robert Presley
Editing	Wayne Wahrman
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2011
Produced by	ImageMovers, Walt Disney Productions

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Animated, adventure
Language	Mild
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Mild
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments	Some tension and mild moments of potential distress. Parental oversight recommended.
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Hollywood Reporter A visual trip, but story runs out of steam	5
The Citizen Leon van Nierop	8
Box Office Pete Hammond The perfect family film in every way, moms, dads, kids and even those Martians are gonna love this funny, warm and wonderful tale.	13
ScreenIt T. Durgin It's not exactly your typical, easy, breezy, carefree matinee movie. But then again, the films that really stick with most of us from our youth are often the stories that scared us the most, made us cry, made us feel the characters' fear and uncertainty in the face of grave danger. Mars Needs Moms works on this level.	14
Metacritic.com 22 critics	10
Rottentomatoes critics 97 critics	10
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer The cast is solid and it's visually well-crafted, but Mars Needs Moms suffers from a lack of imagination and heart.	7
What the People say
Internet 1194 Netizens Fun and intelligent, this is one animated sci fi voyage you won't want to miss.	8
Average .. 47%	9