The Christmas Martian
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A Martian visits a Quebec town and befriends its children through a set of encounters that make ordinary holiday magic look restrained. Extravagant performances and visibly economical flying effects turn the festive welcome into an unusually strange family-film artefact.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 8/10
- Plot
- 7.5/10
- Effects
- 8/10
- Dialogue
- 7/10
- Rewatchability
- 7/10
“Season's greetings from a visitor with very conspicuous flight arrangements.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 75
Synopsis and movie facts
A martian comes to a small town in Quebec and becomes friends with the town children. He gives them candy to get the children into his spacecraft. This alarms the parents but he wins them over and they have a great big Christmas party.
- Released
- 1971
- Directed by
- Bernard Gosselin
- Running time
- 65 min
- Original title
- Le martien de Noël
Starring
- Marcel Sabourin as The Visitor
- Catherine Leduc as Cathy
- François Gosselin as Frankie
- Guy L'Écuyer as Mr. Framer
- Roland Chenail as Police Chief
- Paul Hébert as Father
- Louise Poulin-Roy as Mother
- Paul Berval as Uncle Henry
Research behind this pick
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- Film reference · themoviedb.org
Canonical film identity, release date, runtime, director credits, cast, genres, synopsis and poster checked against TMDB movie 85605.
- Review · moriareviews.com
The review describes the Martian and policeman's overacting and visibly penny-pinched flying effects.
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