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Jetsons: The Movie is a 1990 American animated science fiction comedy film based on the animated television series The Jetsons, produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures.

The film was directed and produced by Joseph Barbera and William Hanna from a screenplay by Dennis Marks, and stars the voices of George O'Hanlon, Penny Singleton, Don Messick and Mel Blanc, all veterans of the television show, alongside Tiffany as Judy Jetson in her feature film debut, replacing Janet Waldo from the original show.

This was the final film to feature both Mel Blanc and George O'Hanlon, as they both died in 1989. Jeff Bergman replaced them as the voice of George Jetson and Mr. Cosmo Spacely, and is still voicing them to this day.

Plot
Based on the popular cartoon series, this animated movie, set in a time filled with family-sized spacecrafts and intergalactic travel, begins with hardworking family man George Jetson (George O'Hanlon) ecstatic when his cranky boss, Mr. Spacely (Mel Blanc), gives him a promotion that relocates him, his wife (Penny Singleton) and the rest of his family to the far reaches of space. However, while other family members are enjoying the move, George finds trouble at the new job right away.

Why It Sucks

 * 1) The reason why this movie is hated is because it doesn't capture the charm of the original Jetsons series.
 * 2) The plot, though sounding interesting, is not very cinematic.
 * 3) The message in the film may not appeal to anybody.
 * 4) Famous film critic Roger Ebert hated this movie so much, that he placed it as the "2nd Worst Film of 1990".
 * 5) Terrible casting choice: Janet Waldo, who voiced Judy Jetson in the original series, was replaced by pop star singer Tiffany Darwish. Waldo was heartbroken hearing the news that she was replaced and it also made the voice director Andrea Romano very angry that she wanted her name to be removed from the credits, but never got it removed.
 * 6) *Despite having Waldo replaced, she voiced an robot secretary.
 * 7) The CGI and traditional animation in this film is just awful. When the Jetsons move into their new home, the people in there look like…penpeople.
 * 8) Very cringy, forgettable, and outdated musical numbers that doesn't fit for The Jetsons' classic sci-fi style, including the songs by Darwish.
 * 9) Some moments which viewers won't find very entertaining.
 * 10) In the opening when Jane kisses George, she doesn't steal her wallet. In the opening in the original series, George would always try to give her a dollar but Jane ends up stealing his wallet instead which was an iconic joke in the series.
 * 11) There are moments in the film where there are several off-timing lip synching which does not match what the character is saying.
 * 12) This film was released during the Disney Renaissance. If it was released before the Renaissance era, than it would've been popular.
 * 13) The Furbelows' design do not look original. They, along with their kid Gertie, literally look like versions of child Fred Flintstone from The Flintstones Kids, instead with grass covered on them.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) The animation is very wonderful, fluid, and colorful, besides the CGI and traditional animation.
 * 2) After O'Hanlon and Blanc's deaths in 1989, Jeff Bergman is a wonderful replacement for the two, unlike Tiffany.
 * 3) Patric Zimmerman is an able replacement for Daws Butler.
 * 4) Passionate direction from William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, who created the original series.
 * 5) The Jetsons & WWE Robo-WrestleMania! is considered as an improvement over this film.

Box office
The film opened at #4, behind Die Hard 2, Days of Thunder and Dick Tracy, with a weekend gross of $5 million, for an average of $3,220 from 1,562 theaters. The film then lost 43% of its audience in its second weekend, falling to #10 with a second weekend gross of $2.9 million, averaging $1,820 from 1,566 theaters, and bringing its ten-day gross to $10.9 million. It ended up grossing just $20.3 million in the United States.

Critical response
On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 27% based on 15 reviews, with an average rating of 4.4/10. On Metacritic it has a score of 46 out of 100 based on 17 reviews indicating "mixed or average reviews."

Charles Solomon of the Los Angeles Times criticized the use of CGI and traditional animation in the same film, saying that they don't mix well. Siskel & Ebert gave this film two thumbs down, citing both the story and the animation as having "no imagination whatsoever". William Thomas of Empire Magazine gave the film two out of five stars, saying: "it's not nearly exciting enough and at an hour and twenty minutes is overlong for animation fans, yet by virtue of the fact it's a cartoon, it presents itself as too childish for older live action devotees." Roger Ebert later named it at #2 of the ten worst films of 1990.

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