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Our Friend, Martin is a animated children's educational film about Martin Luther King Jr. It was produced by D.I.C Entertainment and Published by 20th Century Fox, and it was released on January 12, 1999.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Cheap looking animation, due to being made by DIC, and it uses stock footage the most in the movie.
 * 2) * When Miles and Randy were in the past, they edited the stock footage rather poorly by adding Miles and Randy in front of the stock footage.
 * 3) The movie feels like more of a TV special than a movie, due to being around an hour long.
 * 4) Some questionable voice choices. Martin Luther King Jr.'s voice actor for his twelve year old self, sounds way older than a twelve year old.
 * 5) Wastes the voice talent of Samuel L. Jackson due to him only voicing in one scene.
 * 6) Terrible plot: Miles has a terrible grade in history and he might have to repeat 6th grade if he doesn't improve the grade. They go to Martin Luther King Jr.'s childhood home and touch his personal belongings and they go back through time.
 * 7) Some unlikable characters:
 * 8) * Kyle is rather just a generic school bully character, that mainly bullies and chases Miles around
 * 9) * Miles on the other hand is a awful student that messes up everything usually.
 * 10) When Miles and Randy bring a twelve year old Martin to the present, it screws with the timeline and for some reason, child labor exists, even though it was later not allowed. The principal also is very rude to Mrs. Clark.
 * 11) It is usually often viewed in a couple of elementary and middle schools.

Good Qualities

 * 1) Amazing soundtrack.
 * 2) You could learn a lot from this movie.
 * 3) Despite the animation being cheap looking, it looks pretty decent.

Reception
The movie currently has a 6.7/10 rating on IMDB and a 66% on Rotten Tomatoes.

It was nominated for an Emmy award in 1999 for Outstanding Animated Program.