Adam Goldberg, Elijah Wood, Jimmy Pike

The film takes place during Christmastime on Mars, as the colonization of the Red Planet is underway. But, when an oxygen generator and a gravity control pod malfunction, Major Syrtis and his team fea...( read more  read more... )r for the worst. Syrtis hallucinates about the birth of a baby, and many other strange things. Meanwhile, a compassionate alien superbeing arrives, inspiring and helping the isolated astronauts.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 22 min.

Directed by: Bradley Beesley, George Salisbury, Wayne Coyne

Release Date: September 12, 2008

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  • May 18, 2009
    It really has that cheesy 50s-60s sci-fi film feel, with all the purposefully cheap sets, and (possibly purposeful) bad acting. You also have that snail's pace that is common of the sub-genre, but within the slow movement you actually have some serious mood being built. The film ...( read more)is shrouded in a heavy, creepy, and dreamlike feel that really sucks you in.
    It's no Kubrick, but it's still one heck of an experiment.
  • July 8, 2009
    ...the best film Andy Warhol never made...
  • January 9, 2009
    Along with In Bruges, this is one of the best surprises of '08. Weirdo psyche-pop musical outfit The Flaming Lips write, direct and act in this charming little nerdy avant-garde, sci-fi b-flick. But what's extraordinary about it, is that every one of it's flaws (and trust me, the...( read more)re is a lot), it's cringe-worthy acting and pacing issues, just to name a few, all make me enjoy it even more. It all just adds to the film's dorky DIY charm. And it doesn't hurt that the film's vivid and eerie surrealist symbolism (reminiscent of Eraserhead, Dark Star and Dead Man), is some of the most astoudingly beautiful imagery I've seen on film. If an Autechre and Igor Stravinsky-scored Wizard Of Oz was made in space, during Christmas time, by a David Lynch who grew up on 1970's sci-fi b-movies, it would be Christmas On Mars.
  • January 4, 2009
    I love the Flaming Lips and I am a huge fan of Wayne Coyne in general. That's what got me to watch this movie and actually made me finish watching this movie out of pure respect. There are some really funny cursing moments in the film which is why I give it a couple of stars. Oth...( read more)erwise, the whole culminates with a scene that includes a marching band whose heads are made of vaginas (I am not shitting you) who are crushing a crying baby. Look, I appreciate art and all that and there is probably a ton of stuff that I don't get because you have to listen to The Soft Bulletin backwards or something, but either way, if you enjoy half the shit that goes on the stage at his concerts and don't mind black and white, be my guest. Fred Armisan is fucking hilarious, though.
  • December 6, 2008
    This is my new X-Mas movie.
  • November 17, 2008
    The Flaming Lips first movie. Must see!
  • November 9, 2008
    ?????????????????????????????????
  • October 16, 2008
    "Christmas on Mars" is going to be so awesome I just know it.

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