Fly Me to the Moon (2008)

Directed by

Ben Stassen

Genre

fantasy film, speculative fiction film, family film, children's film

Country

Belgium, United States

Runtime

1h 25m

Rated

G

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 197 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three young flies sneak aboard the Apollo 11 spacecraft and go to the moon. Their families must stop a group of Soviet flies from sabotaging the mission.

whimsicallightheartedplayfuladventurousfamily-friendlyfantasticalupbeatnon-realistic

What happens

Fly Me to the Moon is a 2008 animated science fiction comedy film about three flies who stowaway aboard Apollo 11 and travel to the Moon. It was directed by Ben Stassen and written by Domonic Paris. The film was released in digital 3-D in Belgium on 30 January 2008, and in the US and Canada on 15 August. The film was also released in IMAX 3-D in the US and Canada on 8 August. The film serves as a fictionalized retelling of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission by incorporating a story of three young flies that stow away on the rocket to fulfill their dream of going up to the moon, while their families take on a group of Soviet flies who try to sabotage the mission. Fly Me to the Moon was produced by nWave Pictures in association with Illuminata Pictures, and distributed by Summit Entertainment in the United States. The film received generally negative reviews from critics and was a box office disappointment, only grossing $41.7 million against a $25 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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