Someone could use some face cream and conditioner...
MARS NEEDS MOMS functions well as a children's film, but unlike Pixar's productions I wouldn't recommend it for adults. It works off what I consider to be an adorable premise. And while I assumed it'd be primarily Earth-bound, most of the story takes place on Mars. (Which we like!) The title may be a play on the '68 C-film cult classic MARS NEEDS WOMEN.
Milo (Seth Green) is a typical nine-year old with ideas of his own who will barter and debate with his parents any time to get his way. He makes hi mom cry when he yells at her that wishes she wasn’t in his life, then gets what he wished for when she’s kidnapped by Martians! (The aliens want to harvest her maternal essence, or something like that.) Milo stows aboard their ship and upon arriving on the Red Planet enlists the help of juvenile adult earthling Gribble (Dan Fogler) and a spunky rebel Martian named Ki (Elisabeth Harnois). Together the trio attempt to rescue Milo’s mother from her Martian tyrannical captor, the Supervisor (Mindy Sterling), liberate the oppressed Martians populace and find their way back to Earth.
MARS NEEDS MOMS shows off some fun visuals and special effects, some in homage to the STAR WARS series and other films. Milo delicately inching his way along a tower’s ledge looks a lot like Obi Wan’s disabling of the Death Star’s tractor beam. Platoons of helmeted soldiers lining up in a vast hall brings to mind the Empire’s troops assembling to greet their Emperor. Gleeful natives overrunning Martian soldiers conjures up visions of Storm Troopers on Endor being ambushed by Ewoks. For that matter, the neon blue threaded throughout Martian technology recalls TRON: LEGACY, and the fluorescent splashes dotting some ancient ruins seem reminiscent of AVATAR. (This last scene is bewilderingly beautiful -- a real treat for the eyes.)
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