MEAD

Always looking for interesting movies slightly off the grid. Rented on demand and watched with the fam in our surround sound area. It kept our attention, was really a good find.

This is a great story. Many people won't get past the low budget sound stage and struggling actors but believe me, there is a great plot twist and some priceless one-liners. If nothing else, watch the animation at the closing credits. Reminds me of Mad magazine in its prime. Mead has cult classic written all over it.

Extremely uneven results in the creative talents. Patton Oswalt carries the whole movie - without him the movie would be a big fat zero. Oswalt, Picardo and Warburton are shining examples of the importance of good comic supporting actors. The actors that played Fritz, Tam and Phoebe are prime examples of actors in lead roles with no charisma; I'm assuming that after hiring Oswalt, Picardo and Warburton there was no budget left to hire experienced, even fairly well known lead actors. Why else would they hire actors with such mediocre resumes? The CGI, which there was plenty of, was on the surface good if you didn't look too closely. The plot had great potential but was let down by the script's lackluster dialog. The direction suffered from poor pacing - sometimes glossing over areas that were hurried along and other parts that seemed to drag. A bigger budget might have helped to refine the script and hire a better director and lead actors. The CGI makes the movie heavy on eye candy attraction and the character actors mentioned already give the movie a generous feel-good vibe and keep it from being a total loss.

In general, the limitations of this movie will be better overlooked by a younger audience. The ending invites a sequel; but unless a larger budget can address it's problems properly there won't be a Meade 2.

Charming story, solid performances, lyrical almost hypnotic music, and effects that helped tell the story without distracting the audience.

It is nice to see sci-fi that isn't grim dark, or leave you needing therapy after the end credits.

I hope to see more gems from this studio.

This film is sci-fi Indy at its finest the movie has really good pacing with a really nice runtime and a cast that you can tell is having the time of their life. I would recommend this for most families that love science-fiction i.e. Star Wars or guardians of the Galaxy and for an indie this could be a cult classic. The special effects work is great and Patton Oswalt as Mead is very lovable much like an R2-D2.