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Mood:
- CleverHumorous
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Plot:
- AdventurerSave the DayHeroic MissionSpace TravelAmbitionDangerEscapadesHeroes more...
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Genres:
- AdventureAnimationFamilyComedy
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century60s
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Place:
- Outer SpaceMoonSpacecraft
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Audience:
- Family OutingKids
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Attitudes:
- Semi SeriousFantastic
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Look:
- Computer Animated3D
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Fly Me to the Moon, 2008
English
Belgium
Profile of Fly Me to the Moon
The mood of Fly Me to the Moon is clever and humorous. The plot centers around space travel, adventurers, and saving the day. It is a family, animation, and comedy movie. In approach, Fly Me to the Moon is fantastical. It takes place, at least partly, on the moon and on a spacecraft. It happens in the 1960s. Visually, Fly Me to the Moon is 3D and is computer animated. It is especially suggested for kids and a family outing.
Summary of Fly Me to the Moon
This animated film--the first to be produced solely in 3-D format--answers the question: What if a trio of juvenile insects had stowed away on the 1969 Apollo 11 rocket launch to the moon? The answer is, they would save the day, and learn valuable lessons, and spill space food into viewers' laps (virtually speaking). The trio of go-getter (sort of) young bugs are Nat (voiced by Trevor Gagnon), his brainiac friend I.Q. (Phillip Bolden), and their obsessive and obese ant buddy, Scooter (David Gore). They're motivated by the stories of Nat's eccentric grandfather (Christopher Lloyd), who once flew with Amelia Earhart. He encourages the boys to follow their yen for adventure and soon they're stowing aboard the ship, complete with their own homemade space suits. The moon launch and other space treats are covered with a--pardon the expression--fly-on-the-wall attention to detail (NASA supplied actual blueprints and recordings from the event), which the state-of-the-art 3-D captures with breathtaking clarity. Kids will dig the standard fly pratfalls and detours into bathroom humor while adults can dig the 1960s trappings and the outrageous retro-Russian accents of the Cold War fly spies (Nicollette Sheridan and Tim Curry), who come out of the woodwork to sabotage the mission (and liven up the plot with some fights and chases). Real-life astronaut Buzz Aldrin appears as himself, lending the film authenticity and gravitas, and there's some great period rock music on the soundtrack.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | Belgium |
| Release date: | 15 August 2008 |
| Runtime: | 84 min |
Cast and Crew
as Nat's Mom
as Nadia
as Grandpa
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Critics Reviews
Philadelphia Inquirer
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- by: Steven Rea
Variety
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- by: John Anderson
