Spark: A Space Tail

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Spark: A Space Tail

PG

2017

1h 30m

Kids & Family

Comedy

Adventure

Action

Sci-Fi

Animation

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Spark is a wisecracking teenage monkey who lives on an abandoned planet with his friends Chunk and Vix. Thirteen years ago, power-hungry Zhong seized control of their planet Beta, wiping out Spark's family and sending him into hiding. Now, Zhong plans to use the deadly space Kraken to destroy the entire universe, and no one but Spark can stop him.

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

06/06/2017

2/5

Crappy internationally co-produced animation, ahoy.

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Ed Potton

The Times (UK)

05/26/2017

3/5

It's all amiably silly and definitely an option for half-term.

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Leslie Felperin

Guardian

05/25/2017

1/5

Surely there is a species of monkey somewhere far, far away who are all banging randomly on typewriters and yet have managed, somehow, to come up with a better script than this derivative piece of space junk.

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Mat Brunet

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03/12/2022

4/10

Honestly, this movie was absolutely painful. Not because it was frustratingly terrible, but because of how this was such a wasted opportunity.

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

03/01/2021

1/5

Unfortunately the punny title may be the best thing about Spark: A Space Tail.

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Rachel Wagner

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02/21/2019

D

I was hoping I would enjoy it like I enjoyed Ratchet and Clank (yep, I liked that film). Unfortunately it was not to be.

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Mateo S

@Moviestar243 Mar 20

Think Zootopia, Sing, and Star Trek combined together and you get this. And for some reason, the director Aaron Woodley has an okay job of animation nonetheless, but the production studios of The Nut Job just need better opportunity to even make an independent animated movie like this.

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Melissa C

@RT35998916 Jun 23

I liked it and more importantly my kids liked it. No singing every 7 minutes like in a usual Disney fare but lots of adventure. In fact there is zero singing which makes it great! It's not rocket science just a nice entertaining ride. While mildly entertaining for adults the kids love it and watch every single minute of it.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 05/27/2025

What the **** were you thinking?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Julian V

@T0605584I 04/30/2025

star wars but animals knockoff

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Alan M

@RT43766003 12/18/2024

I’m late to this party admittedly. Another piece of work giving an unfair deal by critics not understanding their role in life. As a parent with young kids who really enjoyed the movie I know this movie isn’t the 1-2 star trash so many reviewers felt the need to rate it. Guess what reviewers? I don’t care if you as an adult, possibly without kids or not watching with them, think a family movie is good or not. If a family movie is enjoyable for my kids and possibly makes them a better person then it’s a 4 star at least and worth watching.

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Liam D

@Mediawatcher2003 09/17/2024

An very generic sci-fi animated movie with mediocre animation and voice acting

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Spark is a wisecracking teenage monkey who lives on an abandoned planet with his friends Chunk and Vix. Thirteen years ago, power-hungry Zhong seized control of their planet Beta, wiping out Spark's family and sending him into hiding. Now, Zhong plans to use the deadly space Kraken to destroy the entire universe, and no one but Spark can stop him.

Director: Aaron Woodley
Producer: Lee Youngki, Harry Linden, Wookyung Jung, Tracy Grant, Jun Zheng
Screenwriter: Aaron Woodley
Distributor: Open Road
Production Co: Redrover Co. Ltd., Gulfstream Pictures, ToonBox Entertainment
Rating: PG (Some Action and Rude Humor)
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure, Action, Sci-Fi, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 14, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 27, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $190.5K
Runtime: 1h 30m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)