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| Mars Attacks! |
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| Originally released: 1996 |
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After the commercial failure of Ed Wood, Burton attempted to return
with this maliciously wicked adaptation of the 1950s trading cards. A
huge, star-filled cast is led, in Peter Sellers style, by Jack
Nicholson in three roles, including the US President, but Tom Jones
wins most affection as himself. It's basically one big cartoon and
doesn't stand up to repeat viewings, but damn, is it funny the first time
round. Shallow and nasty, this is Beetlejuice without the soul, and the
American public voted with their flag, flocking away from it to the
po-faced jingoism of Independence Day.
Richard Matthews
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