I messed up. That long review by E-man, listed as a "kid review", should have been attributed to me, but I forgot to log out of my son's account before writing my own. The shorter E-man review is his.
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My Favorite Martian
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Not age appropriate for kids under 6, age appropriate for kids over 18; suggested age 6. -
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Common Sense says
A terrible movie -- beware.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 6–18
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What Parents Need to Know
About My Favorite Martian
Parents need to know that it is hard to imagine an appropriate age group for this movie, but because the language is euphemistic, it gets only a PG rating.
Read our full review by Nell Minow
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- I rate this title on for age 12 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
Correction
- I rate this title on for age 12 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
Don't let your tween-or-younger see this.
I'm shocked that the movie, as of the time I'm writing this, has received a rating indicating it's suitability for 6 year olds. OMG, where do I begin? First, how about Elizabeth Hurley's breathy seduction of the government scientist and her extraordinary use of cleavage as she uses her wiles on the Jeff Daniels character, Tim. Her over-the-top sexiness could make a dead man blush. And speaking of death, the violence is definitely not for tweens and under, from the severe beating the government agents give Tim, to the liberal use of firearms, to probably the most shocking scene of all -- Darryl Hannah, temporarily turned into a huge, scary, monstrous, slimy Martian, swallowing live one of the government agents. We have to assume he died a pretty unpleasant death because we immediately see Hannah turn back into Hannah, yet the agent is nowhere to be found (apparently he's now in her digestive tract). And while we're on the subject of digestive tracts, we are nearly treated to the tail end of one, owned by a large man who just ate his fourth burrito and is about to relax on the commode with the latest issue of Field and Stream -- the camera angle, for reasons I won't give away, is looking up from the water in the toilet. The viewer is rescued from this lovely encounter when the man's bathroom session is interrupted by another violent scene. This one finds the man thrown from the hood of a speeding car into some garbage cans, pants around his ankles. Fun stuff for teenagers or drunken frat-boys, perhaps, but I didn't need my eight year old to see any of it. By the way, if the trash in this movie had been toned down, it would have been a not-too-bad family film with some subtle references to the 60's T.V. show, and some good acting by Christopher Lloyd.
- I rate this title iffy for age 12 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
- Negative role models
Review of My Favorite Martian
There is way too much violence:shooting,& punching in the stomach -it looked like this guy was gonna kill somebody.And a lot of sexy stuff including a LOT of kissing & cleavage & one scene of a man pooping!!!!! but not too much #! except for the d & b word.some smoking,but not too much. some scary scenes of martians.
- I rate this title off for age 17 and give it
I rate this title off for age 13 and give itcan't believe this is rated for children!
horible movie for children- teens and up.
- I rate this title iffy for age 5 and give it
Decent Kids Movie
Good kids movie, but younger audience should watch with parents. Slapstick humor
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