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Avg. Critic Score: 36 out of 100 Generally unfavorable reviews Metascore® based on all critic reviews
Information for Parents:
4 OK for kids 4+
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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 75
    San Francisco Chronicle | Walter 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 Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    Brisk and sweet, even if the script veers toward fussy and lame. Read full review

  • 63
    Boston Globe | Ty 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

  • 50
    Philadelphia Inquirer | Steven 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
    Washington Post | Michael O'Sullivan

    Despite some Cold War humor, the formulaic film is aimed squarely at the youngest of young children. Read full review

  • 50
    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 full review

  • 50
    The Hollywood Reporter | Michael Rechtshaffen

    An awkward mix of proficient 3-D animation, detailed technical recreation and strained storytelling that stalls on takeoff. Read full review

  • 40
    Los Angeles Times |

    This oddly paced kids' entertainment displays flashes of intelligence -- then misspells terms on NASA control panels. Read full review

  • 30
    The New York Times | Nathan 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

  • 25
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    A tribute to a giant leap for mankind feels like a clumsy shuffle backward for animation. Read full review

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Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says OK for kids 4+ Not even very young kids will be over the moon.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that this animated 3D film only has a couple of mildly perilous scenes -- when Russian flies (one with a menacing eye patch) attack American flies, and when flies are stuck in a sample jar. The language is restricted to mild insults like "stupid" and the oft-repeated "idiot," and there are a few scenes of flies flirting and hugging. Because the film is set in 1969, there are references to the Cold War, with the Russians set up as the clear nemeses of the American astronauts/flies. Young children might be confused about the entire Moscow-set section, since most kids don't understand the political atmosphere of the 1960s.
  • Families can talk about how the small flies made a big difference. Parents, if your kids are interested/need plot clarification, explain the history of the space program and explain the central role of the long-standing competition between the United States and the Soviet Union. Ask kids how they think things have changed since the '60s. Is space exploration as big a deal as it was back then? Why or why not?
The good stuff
  • message true2 Positive messages: The three young flies use teamwork to save the space mission. Mrs. McFly learns that even though it's risky, following your dreams is important. Two young flies constantly implore their friend to go on a diet. The Russian flies are portrayed as stereotypical Cold War Communists.
What to watch for
  • violence false1 Violence and scariness: Russian flies fight American flies, but it's not very intense.
  • sex false1 Sexy stuff: Grandpa flirts with his old love, Nadia. The local TV station's call letters are D-CUP.
  • language false1 Language: Mild insults, including "idiot," "stupid," and "butts."
  • consumerism false1 Consumerism: Motorola shows up.
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false1 Drinking, drugs and smoking: Flies have to fly around the ashes of an ashtray.
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