everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Disappointment for a huge fan!

It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

The film, as a whole, is for fans of Teri Garr, Jeffrey Jones or Jon Lovitz, because there is nothing especially enduring in it. BUT there are a couple of running gags and a scene involving a "Light Grenade" that gets my family laughing even after several screenings.

Spoilers herein.I really liked this, and for much of the same reason I dislike Mel Brooks. With Brooks, the gags are king; around them you arrange characters. And then you fabricate some sort of story and surroundings.Projects like this start with a notion about a world, in which you have a story, which has characters which have gags. It is a more coherent way of creating. Now, in both cases, say this and `Space Balls,' you have rank stupidity and juvenile humor. But here, the humor is situated in a world whose physics is itself funny.Its a little like the Bizzaro Superman world. An even better example is the world of Dr Seuss. And indeed the set design is a cross between organic exotica of Cronenberg and Geiger, art nouveau architecture and Dr Seuss.You really only watch these sorts of things for the art and hope that there is enough charm and humor to take up the rest of the space. This art is pretty good. Not great like the sets for `Casper.' But engaging.And there are a few jokes, especially the in jokes like having Wallace Shawn be a brainsucker. He had long since done `Andre' and was beginning work on `Vanya.' This joke is sweet.Terri Garr may not have been the right one for this role. I would have picked Joan Cusack and cast her brother as her husband. Or maybe Geena Davis of just a couple years earlier. Ted's Evaluation -- 3 of 3: Worth watching.

I loved this movie! From the beginning to the end it is an absolute masterpiece! The title alone makes you wonder 'Mom and Dad Save the World'. If you take this movie seriously, please do yourself a favor and have your head examined. This is a great movie when you need a quick laugh. 5/5.

Jeffery Jones and John Lovitz are goofy in this movie, especially Lovitz. This and The Critic represent the best work that he did outside of SNL, while Jeffery Jones enjoys a rare leading role. Their sword fight is the funniest bit in this movie, although everything that Lovitz does runs close behind. Teri Garr, Eric Idle, and Thalmas Rasulala (cool name) are good as well. Wallace Shawn is wasted in a small role. The score by Jerry Goldsmith may actually be the best part of the movie and it deserved a better movie. I still can't get the main theme out of my head. There is little else to recommend. Even with these high points, the movie is still not very good and the stupidity of the locals on the planet gets tiring, such as when an entire group of soldiers pick up a grenade, that says 'pick me up' even after every one dissappears after picking it up. You will either like or hate this movie.