Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

For anyone who doesn't have kids, but who can get into some of these sci-fi "somewhat just for kids" stories, this is a real gem. It surprised me with how well it handled so many of the issues that would be involved with such a scenario - and I love that they didn't just gloss over the language barrier - they actually addressed it and had what I thought was a nifty solution (easy enough for kids to understand, but realistic enough to keep it in the realm of plausible). The gung-ho character of the commanding officer ordering the attacks was a bit unrealistic, but then there wouldn't have been much of a "crisis point" for the characters to overcome without it - that's the worst "problem" anyone might have with it from a grown-up perspective, and even that can be overlooked given the nature of human history as depicted in the movie.All-in-all, it's one of those "Goldilocks" movies - not too graphic or intense for small children, and not too sickeningly-sweet and unrealistic for adults. I have no kids, and this is one I'd have gladly paid to see even just by myself. For families and solos alike, I heartily recommend it.

I have seen many animated movies, most of which were very entertaining. There were some that were bad, and some that were good, but not great. This movie has to fall into the "bad" category. The plot of this movie was cliché, boring, half-hearted, and slow. It's almost like the writers just made it up on the spot, and decided to go with it without proofreading it. The most annoying thing about the plot was its slow (and I mean SLOW) pace. You would think that a movie involving aliens and spaceships and stuff would be full of action and suspense, but in the case of Battle for Terra, you would be dead wrong. The action scenes were appallingly boring, and the supposed "drama" surrounding the alien and the human pilot's forbidden friendship were bland and dull. The characters were flat, like cardboard, and I felt no connection to them at all. None of them had any redeeming qualities that made any aspect of the movie enjoyable. Every bit of the movie was a big cliché. You take Planet 51, Star Wars, and Avatar, and you have Battle for Terra, minus the awesomeness of Star Wars. There is nothing worthwhile to see in this movie. The animation is terrible, the plot is dumb, the movie moves at an extremely slow pace, the action scenes are lame, the characters are so dull it's unbelievable, and the emotion and heart of the movie was just nonexistent. Don't watch it, there are far better animated movies out there with far more original stories.

I watched this film thinking I might have found an unknown gem. Now I know why I had not heard of it before.A human crash lands on an alien world after abducting several inhabitants. He is then rescued by one of the aliens, who's own father has been abducted. She takes him back to her home and creates on oxygen bubble in which he can survive. within the space of about two days the human is prepared to wipe out his own race for the love/ friendship of the alien.The basic message behind this film is that treason is good. We are expected to side with an alien nation even though it would mean the end of our own race.Characters are poorly rendered and the aliens are so ugly I couldn't wait for them to be wiped out. I was actually happy when they seemed to be losing the final battle. And why do aliens that can float need gliders to travel outside the city?Unfortunately the aliens survive after the traitor flies his fighter into the only machine that can create a breathable atmosphere for the humans (actually the aliens have another way of doing this but the traitor doesn't know that.) This is some kind of poorly made rip off of Enemy Mine. (maybe that's why Dennis Quaid is in it!)Don't bother with this animation, it's a waste of time. Or see it so you can find out how not to make a CG movie.

There are so many good reviews here, I was actually tricked into watching this disaster. Many here say that the plot is very mature, the characters well developed and the movie overall is interesting both to children and adults.Let me be the voice of minority here and say that I was completely and unexpectedly bored for the entire duration of this movie. Perhaps my 6 year old self would have enjoyed it, but at 25 it's really a wrong cartoon to see.The plot - predictable, the characters - dull and annoying, the movie - a complete failure in the "animations that adults appreciate too" department. I watched it in full hoping it would get better but it did not.There is a chance that you will be like so many others who liked it, but if you feel bored and disinterested 20 min into the movie - turn it off, you will not like the rest of it either.