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  • 2017
  • PG
  • Open Road Films (II)
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2017
  • PG
  • Open Road Films (II)
  • 1 h 31 m

Summary Spark (Jace Norman) is a wisecracking teen living on an abandoned planet with his friends Chunk and Vix. Thirteen years ago the power-hungry General Zhong seized control of their planet Beta, wiping out Spark's family and sending him into hiding. But now they've learned of Zhong's plan to wipe out the entire universe using the deadly spa...

Directed By: Aaron Woodley

Written By: Daniel Woo, Goran Delic, Hee Kyung Kang, Doug Hadders, Robert Reece, Adam Rotstein

  • 2017
  • PG
  • Open Road Films (II)
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2017
  • PG
  • Open Road Films (II)
  • 1 h 31 m

Spark: A Space Tail

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
22
User Score Generally Unfavorable Based on 10 User Ratings
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Summary Spark (Jace Norman) is a wisecracking teen living on an abandoned planet with his friends Chunk and Vix. Thirteen years ago the power-hungry General Zhong seized control of their planet Beta, wiping out Spark's family and sending him into hiding. But now they've learned of Zhong's plan to wipe out the entire universe using the deadly spa...

Directed By: Aaron Woodley

Written By: Daniel Woo, Goran Delic, Hee Kyung Kang, Doug Hadders, Robert Reece, Adam Rotstein

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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17% Mixed
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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17% Mixed
1 Review
83% Negative
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50
Apr 16, 2017
As far as animated films go, the script for Spark: A Space Tail is clunky but inoffensive, falling far short of your average Pixar production creatively but largely sidestepping attempts at tongue-in-cheek “adult” humor in favor of groan-worthy puns à la the title.
By Katie Rife FULL REVIEW
30
Apr 14, 2017
“Spark” should earn points for originality, but it never invests in establishing its world or its characters in a way that engages viewers.
By Kimber Myers FULL REVIEW
25
Apr 27, 2017
The plot, for instance, doesn’t make all that much sense, what with its heroic space chimps and evil space apes and sly space foxes, all of whom don’t seem to realize what a half-baked narrative they’re operating in.
By Barry Hertz FULL REVIEW
25
Apr 14, 2017
An utterly lifeless and profoundly unoriginal animated effort that is desperately lacking the very thing in its title.
By Peter Sobczynski FULL REVIEW
20
Apr 27, 2017
There’s scant evidence of any creative spark in Spark: A Space Tail, a thoroughly generic, unremittingly charmless computer-animated adventure.
By Michael Rechtshaffen FULL REVIEW
20
Apr 15, 2017
It’s hard to imagine that even the least demanding of tykes will ask for a second sampling of this thoroughly second-rate animated feature, which has all the charm, and twice the volume, of a barking dog.
By Joe Leydon FULL REVIEW

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Generally Unfavorable Based on 10 User Ratings
3.1
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30% Mixed
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60% Negative
6 Ratings

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Generally Unfavorable Based on 10 User Ratings
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30% Mixed
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60% Negative
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Production Company ToonBox Entertainment, Redrover Co. Ltd., Gulfstream Pictures, Shanghai Hoongman Technology Co., Suning Universal, Open Road Films
Release Date Apr 14, 2017
Duration 1 h 31 m
Rating PG
Genres
Tagline Spark A Revolution
Website http://sparkaspacetail.com/
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Awards

Canadian Cinema Editors Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)
• 1 Nomination

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