Titan A.E.
Fox Family Films | Release Date: June 16, 2000 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
48
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 30 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
15
Negative:
5
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
San Francisco ChronicleBob Graham
It is impossible to take your eyes off the screen. Read full review
88
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Pure slam-bam space opera. Read full review
88
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
A modern digitized lollapalooza concocted out of old-fashioned slam-bang space opera elements. Read full review
75
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
It moves so fast you almost forget it leaves the characters in its wake. Read full review
75
Portland OregonianKim Morgan
An impressive array of themes, stories and sequences. Read full review
70
VarietyRobert Koehler
Despite occasional awkwardness in character motion, viewers will be swept away by the luxuriant creation of alternate universes. Read full review
65
Mr. ShowbizKevin Maynard
What ultimately keeps Titan A.E. from taking off is an ordinary script. Read full review
63
San Francisco ExaminerWalter Addiego
The glory of the picture is the eye-popping, surreal backgrounds that blast the conventional characters off the screen. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeJay Carr
A space shot worth taking. Read full review
63
USA TodayMike Clark
Visually impressive but woefully dumbed-down. Read full review
60
Dallas ObserverLuke Y. Thompson
Is it worth the goofy characters and weak story for the effects and action sequences? Absolutely. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineSteve Simels
Not only one of the most spectacular cartoons ever made, but also a reasonably adult piece of sci-fi. Read full review
50
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
Like watching a 90-minute game of the video game Asteroids - all bang and no buck. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
The modeling of human figures and the sense of depth are both impressive; the characters themselves are mainly idiotic. Read full review
50
TimeRichard Corliss
When it shifts into action mode, the movie can be a spectacular rush. Read full review
50
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Unabashed "Star Wars" clone. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Titan A.E. is ''Star Wars'' pulped and mashed into flavorless kiddie corn. Read full review
50
TNT RoughCutPauline Adamek
Redeems itself with a bold and grungy action-adventure flavor. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
Never feels like anything more than a Saturday morning cartoon pumped up to big-screen dimensions. Read full review
50
The New York TimesStephen Holden
Despite some gorgeous sequences. . . Titan A.E. is bland. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
It's not the story that's the story here, it' the film' bravura visual look. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
The real star of the movie is the background work. Read full review
40
Film.comErnest Hardy
We should expect more of summer fare than that it merely be a visual junk-food snack as we cool off in the chill of a darkened theater. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Feels like a been-here-done-that dud. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyChuck Stephens
An overproduced cartoon without a freeze-dried ounce of wit. Read full review
38
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
Visually compelling, relentlessly loud and so shallow you need just a fragment of your brain to follow it. Read full review
38
Philadelphia InquirerDesmond Ryan
Plunges into a void created by a stale and incredibly derivative plot. Read full review
30
Washington PostStephen Hunter
It continually crashes and burns on its own banality. Read full review
25
New York PostJonathan Foreman
In the end, it is inadequate, juiceless storytelling that deprives Titan A.E. of any dramatic force. Read full review
20
Village VoiceDennis Lim
Suggestive of nothing so much as Saturday-morning TV. Read full review
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