Fresh
It's clear that animators can now achieve levels of visual depth that were previously impossible.
Walter V. Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle
Fly Me to the Moon
First ever animated movie created for 3D
2008 · 1h 21m · G
Adventure, Animation, Family
Directed by
Ben Stassen
Overview
Three young houseflies stow away aboard the Apollo 11 flight to the moon.
Director and cast
- Ben Stassen Director
- Tim Curry as Yegor (voice)
- Robert Patrick as Louie (voice)
- Kelly Ripa as Nat's Mom (voice)
- Trevor Gagnon as Nat (voice)
- Philip Bolden as I.Q. (voice)
- Nicollette Sheridan as Nadia (voice)
- Ed Begley Jr. as Poopchev (voice)
- David Gore as Scooter (voice)
- Christopher Lloyd as Amos (voice)
- Adrienne Barbeau as Scooters Mom (voice)
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
20%
Tomatometer
Rotten
As for the space stuff, well, George Lucas need not lose any sleep.
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Rotten
A tougher endurance test than anything NASA could cook up.
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
Fresh
And while it may not teach sprogs anything about insects - these ones have human eyes and four limbs - director Ben Stassen has made a fair fist of portraying the Apollo mission with some accuracy.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Rotten
Fly Me to the Moon bills itself as the first animated feature created expressly for 3-D. Too bad it wasn't created expressly for, you know, pleasure or art.
Nathan Lee, New York Times
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