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I thought this movie was somewhat interesting, for one reason: Given the fact that to actually +portray+ Richard Burton himself is a task to daunt the bravest -- to be blunt, I'd have said it couldn't be done at all -- I was surprised to find that Angus MacFadyen turned in not so poor a performance in this role. His size and build appear to be similar to Burton's; though the face is not really the same, neither is it very wide of the mark. The real test, of course, is that famous voice -- and here, also, he does a creditable job of impersonation. MacFadyen, in this role, actually to some extent achieves the "suspension of disbelief" so necessary to a believable story.

I find Lloyd In Space a very pleasant and diverting cartoon. Even if conceptually it is not perhaps terribly original, it works quite well enough. The voicing of the main characters is well done. Courtland Mead as Lloyd and Justin Shenkarow as Eddie are particularly convincing, and Diedrich Bader as Harvulian "Boomer" Standervault is hilarious. It's also interesting to note, along with co-creator Joe Ansolabehere and musical wizard Jim Lang, some of the voice artists (E.G., Shenkarow, Anndi McAfee, Dan Castellaneta etc.) from Hey Arnold! as well.