Fly Me to the Moon 3D
K2 Communications | Release Date: August 15, 2008 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
36
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
9
Negative:
8
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
San Francisco ChronicleWalter Addiego
Will probably pass muster with very young viewers, but their parents may grit their teeth at its saccharine quality. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Brisk and sweet, even if the script veers toward fussy and lame. Read full review
63
New York PostLinda Stasi
The animation IS great and absolutely so fantastic you'll want to reach out and touch the creatures - or swat them off your uncomfortable 3-D glasses. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeTy Burr
Fly Me to the Moon is a crummy movie for kids, yet it still holds out the prospect of past wonders and future marvels. It's one small step for a housefly, one giant leap for 3-D. Read full review
58
Seattle Post-IntelligencerPaula Nechak
Would be totally unexceptional if not for its visual telling of the Apollo 11 flight and the fact that the movie is impressively shot - the first animated feature film in 3-D. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
An awkward mix of proficient 3-D animation, detailed technical recreation and strained storytelling that stalls on takeoff. Read full review
50
VarietyJohn Anderson
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 full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
The script appears to have been designed, created and produced entirely in 1-D: a mishmash of kidcentric antics, follow-your-dream cliches, and innocuously icky humor. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
What saves Fly Me to the Moon from being a total wash is the actual mission itself. Read full review
50
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
Go to enjoy the technical expertise, and take a first-grader (and not a particularly savvy one) along to find something of value in everything else. Read full review
50
Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
Despite some Cold War humor, the formulaic film is aimed squarely at the youngest of young children. Read full review
40
Village VoiceEd Gonzalez
This sketchily conceived and executed space yarn is one missed opportunity after another. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesMichael Ordona
This oddly paced kids' entertainment displays flashes of intelligence -- then misspells terms on NASA control panels. Read full review
38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Stephen Cole
All of this is interesting, but not all that entertaining. Read full review
30
The New York TimesNathan Lee
One of the most undermotivated plots in many a moon, the zero-wit, zero-gravity misadventures of Nat, I.Q. and Scooter are embarked on merely because they're bored on their garbage dump. Read full review
30
Chicago ReaderAndrea Gronvall
The little heroes and their families are surprisingly ugly, with faces resembling skulls, and the colors are so faded and muddy the movie feels tired and bungled. Read full review
25
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
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 full review
25
The A.V. ClubTasha Robinson
The film still suffers from cheap plasticky design, a klutzy overall look, dim preschooler humor, and a nearly impact-free story that thinks it's clever when it steals cues from 2001. Read full review
25
USA TodayClaudia Puig
A tribute to a giant leap for mankind feels like a clumsy shuffle backward for animation. Read full review
20
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Adding to weirdness is a tacked-on, live-action appearance from the real Aldrin, who reassures kids and terrified X-Files fans that there weren't, in fact, any houseflies on board Apollo 11. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Forgive us for being demanding, but shouldn't an animated kids movie like this one be, at the very least, fun? Cute? Watchable? Read full review
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