Fly Me to the Moon 2008

Nell Minow, Chicago Sun-Times: If they can put a man on the moon, why can't they tell a better story about sending some flies along for the ride? Read more

Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: The vocal characterizations aren't the problem here; the script and the animation are the problems, and in feature animation, you can't arrange more significant problems than those. Read more

Tasha Robinson, AV Club: The cinematic equivalent of safety scissors -- all softened edges and no real point. Read more

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Ty Burr, Boston Globe: For the first time in my experience, a 3-D movie felt bigger than my ability to take it all in. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: The 3-D animation work in Fly Me to The Moon is brisk and sweet. Read more

Stephen Cole, Globe and Mail: Strictly one-dimensional in terms of characters and storytelling. Read more

Nancy Churnin, Dallas Morning News: The superior effects in Fly Me to the Moon reflect the talents of its creator, director Ben Stassen, who has been doing 3D for 14 years, mostly for science centers and museums. Read more

Rafer Guzman, Newsday: The animation is so stiff it makes South Park look like Walt Disney's Fantasia. Read more

Linda Stasi, New York Post: If only the first-ever animated 3-D movie had as great a story line as it does 3-D animation, we could have all gone to the movies this weekend and had a wonderful time. Read more

Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: It's not accurate history and doesn't have enough funny lines or bits to hold most adults' interest. Read more

Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: As for the space stuff, well, George Lucas need not lose any sleep. Read more

Walter V. Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle: It's clear that animators can now achieve levels of visual depth that were previously impossible. Read more

Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Viewers who are old enough to eat without a bib are unlikely to find much of interest in the procession of puns and generic zero-gravity gags that fill out the film's running time. Read more

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Linda Barnard, Toronto Star: Adults used to animation that runs on two tracks -- the upfront stuff for the tykes and a witty subtext to entertain big people -- may grow bored with the kid-leaning sensibility of Fly Me to the Moon. Read more

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Derek Adams, Time Out: 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. Read more

John Anderson, Variety: It's a wingless exercise, despite a rather heartening attitude toward space travel that will introduce young auds to the glory that was NASA in the '60s. Read more

Ed Gonzalez, Village Voice: These flies are meant to be one of a kind but they're just pop-culture magpies. Read more