By Gregg Katzman

There have been some really solid animated movies over the last couple of years. Despicable Me, Megamind, Toy Story 3, Up… those are just a few somewhat recent examples that someone of any age can fall in love with. Unfortunately, Escape From Planet Earth can’t be added to that list. Despite boasting some seriously funny voice actors (Rob Corddry, Ricky Gervais, Jane Lynch, Craig Robinson, William Shatner), this is a film filled with cheesy jokes that will probably only make younglings giggle.

The sci-fi story begins on the planet Baab. The world admires and praises the cocky astronaut Scorch Supernova (Brenadan Fraser). What the alien world overlooks is that Scorch’s missions would be nothing without his genius brother, Gary (Corddry), who’s running things over at mission control. They receive a SOS from “The Dark Planet” (Earth), and Gary warns his brother not to go because no alien has ever returned from our delightful little rock. Naturally, the confident hero goes anyway and shortly later he winds up in Area 51 (insert dramatic music here).

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Movie Reviews