Battle for Terra

When the peaceful inhabitants of the planet Terra come under attack from humans in search of a new home, the friendship between a human pilot and an alien girl may hold the key to saving both races. Mala (Evan Rachel Wood) is an alien girl living on the planet Terra. The Terrians are gentle race of ...more

If the preachy programmers at PBS Kids made a CGI-animated space fantasy, it probably would play something like this "peace good, war bad" morality tale. Well, except for the aerial dogfights, that is. Battle for Terra is not a bad movie, just one that never quite comes to life as more than a bland parable juiced up with some videogame violence. On a planet populated by big-eyed, noseless, frankly ugly creatures that one IMDb wag has described as "baby Voldemorts," everyone lives in towering ...more

Battle for Terra, director and digital artist Aristomenis Tsirbas' feature debut, was made on a shoestring budget after its festival success as a sci-fi film short. After Tsirbas added an hour to its original length, the film evolved into a child-friendly melting pot of War of the Worlds, Planet of the Apes, and Star Wars, with an unintentional but successful dose of The Little Mermaid. Despite several ham-fisted overtures, awkward animation, and a few leaps in logic, Battle for Terra is a solid ...more