Mars Needs Moms (2011) 8/10

Starring : Seth Green, Dan Fogler, Joan Cusack, Elizabeth Harnois, Mindy Sterling
Director : Simon Wells
Running Time : 88 mins

Milo (Green) is an ordinary mischievous young boy who finds his life turned upside down when his mom (Cusack) is kidnapped by Martians who want to tap into her brain and use her techniques to help raise their Martian children, they female of which are currently raised by robots. Milo stows away on board the Martian spaceship and discovers that male Martian babies are dumped at birth, deemed unnecessary by the Martian over lord supervisor (Sterling).

I really thought this was going to be terrible, what with it being made by the same production company as The Polar Express which was a bitter let down, but I actually liked this. The title is awful, but once you look past that this is a likeable romp with some very interesting characters and some nice visual effects.

You’ll like this if you liked : Astro Boy