Mom and Dad Save the World

1992
PG
1h 28m

IMDb RATING

5.4/10

5.4K

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Adventure Comedy Family Sci-Fi

An alien Overlord plans to blow up the Earth but first, he snatches and proposes to marry an Earthman's wife.An alien Overlord plans to blow up the Earth but first, he snatches and proposes to marry an Earthman's wife.An alien Overlord plans to blow up the Earth but first, he snatches and proposes to marry an Earthman's wife.

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IMDb RATING

5.4/10

5.4K

YOUR RATING

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Awards
- 1 nomination total

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Featured review

6/10

The love child of Star Wars and Dr Suess

While this is a mediocre sci-fi adventure at best, with no attempt to rationalize the science of the movie, and about as much time with the special effects, the movie retains a charm all of it's own. The costumes look as if they were removed straight out of a Dr Suess book, and the sound effects help with that feel.

With Jon Lovitz as the diabolical, yet moronic, Emperor Spango, Teri Garr as the 'Voluptuous' Marge, and Jeffery Jones as the Brave and Wise 'Earth-Dick,' Mom and Dad Save the World will keep anyone with a sense of humor entertained for the 88 minutes of runtime.

Also--special guest appearances by: Dogs playing poker; The Wilhelm Scream; An escape from Blaster-related death by jumping down a garbage disposal chute on the wall; Woodland Hills, CA; and The Planet Saturn.

oh, and Eric Idle

pvt_mango
Aug 7, 2003
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Trivia
Jon Lovitz was forced to quit Saturday Night Live (1975) to work on this film. Originally the film was to be shot during the summer break between seasons, but when shooting overlapped for two weeks, Lorne Michaels told Lovitz he couldn't miss a single week on SNL, so he had to make a choice. Convinced that the film was going to be a box office hit, Lovitz stayed on until the production wrapped. Lovitz attributed the film's abysmal box office performance to the film being edited to be more family friendly.

Goofs
When Dick and Marge are out of control on the highway, the man driving the car in far shots is very obviously not Jeffrey Jones.

Quotes
Emperor Todd Spengo: On a scale of one-to-ten, in terms of... universe-dominating greatness, where would you place, say... oh, me?
General Afir: A ten sire, most definitely.
Emperor Todd Spengo: [musing] A ten? Hmmm...
[becoming more annoyed]
Emperor Todd Spengo: Well yes, of course a Ten. What else would you think? A six?