Escape From Planet Earth (2013) 7/10

Starring : Rob Corddry, Brendan Fraser, Sarah Jessica Parker, William Shatner, Jessica Alba, Jane Lynch, Craig Robinson, George Lopez, Sofia Vergara
Director : Cal Brunker
Running Time : 89 mins

When famed astronaut Scorch Supernova (Fraser) from the planet Baab travels to Earth in response to an SOS, he is captured by a group of humans led by the evil Shanker (Shatner), and the only person who can save him is his nerdy big brother Gary (Corddry).

For a kids cartoon this was pretty slow going to start, but it soon got going and was actually pretty entertaining. The voice actors do good jobs in their roles, with both Corddry and Fraser playing the rival siblings with believable aplomb. The background to the story itself – that just because people have set places in society doesn’t mean that they can’t expand their horizons - is one that will teach kids an important lesson in how they shouldn’t judge people.

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