His mother (voice of Joan Cusack) abducted by Martians intent on harvesting her maternal instincts to nurture their young, nine-year-old Milo (voice of Seth Green) stows away in an alien spacecraft bound for Mars in a bid to bring her safely back to Earth. Later, on the Red Planet, Milo befriends a subterranean-dwelling earthling named Gribble (Dan Fogler) and a spirited Martian lass named Ki (Elisabeth Harnois), who agree to help him locate his missing mother and confront the head alien in charge (voice of Mindy Sterling).
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Producer
Steven J. Boyd, Steve Starkey, Robert Zemeckis, Jack Rapke
Total Film - [It's] brought vibrantly to life by some AVATAR-esque motion-capture magic., Entertainment Weekly - MARS NEEDS MOMS is a great, jaunty adventure [...] Enhanced by nimble ad-libbing from the comedy-trained cast, the screenplay is delightful, by turns funny and emotional, Washington Post - [I]nventive and vigorous [...] Savvy moms and dads will recognize reference points to sci-fi classics.
Screenwriter
Simon Wells, Wendy Wells
Author
Berkeley Breathed
Sound source
Dolby Digital
Editor
Wayne Wahrman
Movie/TV Title
Mars Needs Moms
Voice
Seth Green, Dan Fogler, Joan Cusack, Mindy Sterling, Elisabeth Harnois, Kevin Cahoon