Mars Attacks!

A giddily madcap, surreal, sardonic satire that sets out to be deliberately cheesy.

Oh, those Martians! They are funny, mean little buggers, and they're worthing checking out.

It's a destructo orgy without any phony-baloney sanctimony about the fellowship of man -- or spaceman.

The science-fiction comedy Mars Attacks! is a contrived B-movie pastiche with some spicy ingredients alien to other Tim Burton films: attitude, cynicism, misanthropy.

The cast is so large that most of the actors don't stick around very long, but each has his or her moment to shine.

Both a tribute to schlock sci-fi and a deconstruction of it, this sleekly cheeseball $70 million production is all attitude. It's not Burton's best by a long shot, but I came out smiling.

This was a wild movie with enough fun moments to keep me surprisingly entertained throughout.

While there were some moments that I enjoyed, I never quite connected with the overall tone of the film. I'm also not the biggest fan of slapstick, over-the-top comedy. Shout-out to Jack Nicholson for giving us two equally insane performances.

Even with a few decent laughs and unforgettable antagonists, the end result isn’t spectacular&#59; it’s a unique sci-fi genre blend, recalling productions from a bygone era of schlockier monster movies, but it’s only moderately entertaining.

It’s such a wonderful lampoon of the establishment and hammers in Burton’s disdain for those in charge. It’s also got the frenetic spirit of a PG-13 Tex Avery/Chuck Jones/Bob Clampett cartoon.