20 Worst Movies Of 2017 (So Far)

15. Spark: A Space Tail

Spark: A Space Tail
Open Road Films

For all of the Disneys, Pixars and Illumination animations out there delighting young fans throughout the holiday seasons and pulling in astronomical box office hauls, there's a whole under-current of little animations that aspired to the same level, despite their obvious limitations.

Spark very firmly belongs on that pile: it's propped up by some okay character designs, but the whole thing feels like a bargain basement alternative. The plot relies on a MacGuffin that is quite literally shat out by a space monster, which says all you need to know about the aspirations of this Space Chimps knock-off.

There are undoubtedly some gags in there to delight the youngest audience members, but there's nothing like the necessary substance behind them - the heart, the empathy, the good writing - to really drag this into watchable territory. If you really HAVE to watch a space monkey film, just watch Space Chimps. It's not good, but it's better than this.

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