It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

I don't know about Mars (apart from the fact they're £1.00 for a pack of 4 at Morrison's at the minute... YUM) but I'll tell you what this sorry excuse for a family film 'needs': A less stupid plot, characters that don't make you want to tear your hair out in frustration, and not as much pandering to the stereotypical 'Disney' audience... Which probably doesn't even exist now.This poor kid... he's extremely rude to his Mom, and before he can apologise, she abducted by aliens to have her brains sucked out so a bunch of robots can be better nannies. Yes, you DID read that right. Rather than alert the authorities, he hitches a ride on the spacecraft, and ends up on the Red Planet itself. Judging by what we see of the civilisation there in this movie, there must be something wrong with our detectors. How could we miss all the buildings, shuttles and martians I ask you? NASA needs to issue a recall on their little toys, methinks.He escapes from the clutches of the enemy upon landing, and is desperate to get his mater back. So, what kind of allies does he make up there, to aid him in his fight? An extremely annoying, obese Earth man, who's been stuck there since he was a kid and is obsessed by 80's culture (that's all he knows). An extremely irritating metal dog who does NOTHING throughout the entire film... Apart from a sight gag where it throws up bolts and screws. Hardy har har. And an extremely obnoxious female Mars inhabitant who wants to rebel against the order of things there... And has learned to speak fluent HIPPY English and values by watching lots of episodes of a long discontinued Earth sitcom. As you do.As this unlovely foursome go on their travels, you may start to notice a pattern emerge. There's a chase scene, followed by conversations laden with exposition, another chase scene, an attempt at a heartwarming moment and/or a failed effort at a joke, then YET ANOTHER c... You guessed it. You also have to tolerate the most tacked-on romance I've seen in recent months, between the alien flower girl and the fat man. There is NO build-up to this great event... They meet each other, he's ready to kill her... But one brief explanation later, his face is as red as a beet, and she's smiling like a Cheshire Cat. Perhaps a little bit of... I dunno.. something I call LOGIC and REASON got thrown out the window because of Disney's desperation to provide a moral about 'love being possible between two diverse cultures'. Bless. If you'll excuse me, I'm about to do an impression of the aforementioned titanium pooch. Only this time... You'll see THE REAL THING.I'll save my best remarks till last... the animation is spectacular. The people LOOK like people,the aliens LOOK like aliens (As far as I know) the sci fi backgrounds are rich with detail and finesse, and the movement is seamless. Shame this wasn't a painting, or it would be hanging up in the Louvre. The rest of the film is more fit for the loo... Being an unpalatable mix of a messy story, unlikable protagonists and a general air of being made by people who are trying to be a lot cooler than they actually are. On the plus side, it's only the SECOND worst film I've seen with the word Mars in the title. That 'honour' still belongs with Mission To Mars. It's a close run thing, though... 4/10

I thought this was a brilliant entertaining family feature film. I thought this film was great. The animation is perfect.. Faces are perfect, but What I kept thinking, and what kept bugging me was about the character GRIBBLE... His looks and features are identical to the Late JOHN CANDY!! which I was kind of hoping he was portrayed on. In some parts of the film he looks just like him! An animated version of him! I rate this 10/10 It managed to keep my five year old fully entertained the whole way through. all in all, me and My kids loved it. The faces of the aliens were very amusing, especially the elder leader, we all laughed at her. I look forward to seeing more like this in the future. Thumbs Up!

Milo is a bratty boy who constantly bump heads with his exhausted mother. After yet another fight, his mother is kidnapped by Martians and he sneaks on board the spaceship. On Mars, all female babies are raised by robots and they intend to use mom's brain to program the robots.The animation is motion capture CG and it looks OK. It's not top of the line but at least it doesn't look weird. I think the aliens look cartoonish and silly. This being a kids movie, having silly looking aliens may have been the goal.The kid is really unlikeably bratty. Right off the bat this movie gets off on a bad tone. He's more whiny than heroic or funny. I kill for a joke that actually works. A female lead may be a better choice.The story is passable, but I don't see it as anything special. Apparently the kid has to go to another planet before he realizes that he loves his mom. It's not a horrible kids movie if you grade on the curve and didn't know that it costed $150M to make. No movie that cost $150M should have a stupid name like 'Mars Needs Moms'.

I was expecting this to be a stupid movie, based solely on the name, but I saw it in 2D on satellite, and it was pretty good. It deserves somewhere between 7 and 8. The lower scores suggest something political is going on, or else the 3D must have been terrible.It certainly does have its stupid spots... a wormhole? Multiple below-ground societies on Mars? But it's animated, so you suspend disbelief early on.This film contrasts the somewhat egalitarian Western societies we all know, with the sex-segregated matriarchy of Mars, and Mars looks pretty bad in that comparison. Looked at another way, the film contrasts the electronic society we all live in today, with the real world we used to live in.Overall, it's a message of love of all kinds - family and friend.I was not creeped out by the animation at all. I liked the realism of the human faces, and the crispness of everything else.This film has been charged with being homophobic, sexist, and transphobic. These are simply lies. As a gay person, I say this is a pro-family film, in the real sense of the word. When it talks about family and love, it doesn't say "mom and dad", it doesn't say "two parents". It just says kids and "parents" (the alternative clearly being identified as machines). That's it. People are really looking for a reason to hate this film, and it's sad that's what it's come to.The message of the film is strongly anti-sexist. Our hero re-integrates Mars, leaving behind a society where there are no gender roles. It's beautiful.