Mars Needs Moms
2011 film by Simon Wells
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Key Takeaways
- Mars Needs Moms is a 2011 American animated science fiction comedy film, co-written and directed by Simon Wells.
- It tells the story of a nine-year-old boy named Milo who sets out to save his mother on Mars after she is abducted by Martians.
- The film received mixed reviews from critics and was a box-office bomb, grossing $39 million on a $150 million budget, and losing an estimated $100–144 million for Disney.
- The Martians' Supervisor, while observing Earth, sees a mother persuading her son, Milo, to do his chores.
- After being grounded for feeding his broccoli to the cat, Milo upsets his mother by stating that his life would be better without her.
Mars Needs Moms is a 2011 American animated science fiction comedy film, co-written and directed by Simon Wells. Based on the Berkeley Breathed book, the film was animated through the process of performance capture and stars Seth Green, Dan Fogler, Elisabeth Harnois, Mindy Sterling, and Joan Cusack. It tells the story of a nine-year-old boy named Milo who sets out to save his mother on Mars after she is abducted by Martians.
Mars Needs Moms premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on March 6, 2011, and was released in theaters on March 11, 2011 by Walt Disney Pictures. The film received mixed reviews from critics and was a box-office bomb, grossing $39 million on a $150 million budget, and losing an estimated $100–144 million for Disney.
Plot
Unbeknownst to humans, there is a technologically sophisticated society of Martians living below the surface of Mars. The Martians' Supervisor, while observing Earth, sees a mother persuading her son, Milo, to do his chores. The Martians decide to bring her to Mars, where her "mom-ness" will be extracted and implanted into the next-generation of nanny-bots.
After being grounded for feeding his broccoli to the cat, Milo upsets his mother by stating that his life would be better without her. Later, when Milo goes to apologize, he finds his mother being captured by the Martians and stows away on their spaceship. On Mars, Milo is taken to a prison cell, but escapes. While being chased by the Supervisor's henchmen, Milo follows a voice that tells him to jump down a chute and lands in a lower level. There, he sees a trash-covered landscape that is inhabited by furry creatures.
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