Ellroy: "we're from the future" George: 'from the far off year of 2001!" Birdman checks date: *2005*

I actually loved this movie as a little kid. Maybe because I was too drawn in by graphics and music than the actual story plot.

Not only that it was Mel Blanc and George O Hanlon's final film, but Daws Butler who originally voiced Elroy, died a year before the film began production. Plus Tiffany replaced Janet Waldo as Judy. Penny Singleton who voiced Jane was the only original cast member to be involved in the film, to live to see it's debut.

Speaking of the cast, Daws Butler, who was Elroy's original voice actor, actually passed away before the film began production.

"Why didn't you put this on your Top 10 Worst Movies Based on a Cartoon list?" Because Matt said it had to be _live action_ to count, not animated!

The most interesting thing about this movie is the voice cast behind it. The voice cast was kind of cursed. The voice of Elroy died before recording, the voice of George and Mr Spacely died while recording, the voice of Judy recorded her lines but then was replaced by pop star Tiffany at the last minute.

I remember seeing this in the theater when I was a kid. The animation was great for an American 80's cartoon, and especially the 3D was state of the art at the time.

I hope the Nostalgia Critic reviews Jetsons the Movie someday!

I love this movie and it still holds up to me.

I loved the animation. I didn't have much of an issue with the music... It was a great time to be alive as a kid in the 80s and 90s.

It's quite sad that this was Mel Blanc's final role.

much better than the live-aciton films based on the HB productions shows.

0:38 the difference is the Jetsons were made by the same people, who did the Flintstones, unlike in the Simpsons and Family Guy's case.

1:01 You know what else you're forgetting? It wouldn't have qualified because it was animated, and you said that each movie on that list must be live action or mostly live action.

If I have to give this film some props I will. it follows the number one rule about making a movie based on a cartoon: It's kept in its animated glory which is always a step in the right direction.

9:45, oh my god!😨 9:50, OH MY GOD NOOOOOOOOOOO!😭 (Cloudy chance of meatballs 2) duh duh duh! Me just laughing so hard!😆😆😆😆😆

They should have used the original Judy

well it's still better then Norm of the North

Judy describes more respect than the film shows as joe and Hanna are animation legends still.

This is pretty much everything dated from 1989 and also replacing the voice of Judy at the last minute by a then-already irrelevant pop singer Tiffany (she didn't have any #1 hits after 1988) has to be one of the worst decisions in animation history. You also forgot to mention the voice actor of Elroy Daws Butler died the year before production in 1988 so they used Patric Zimmerman instead.

The reason why he didn't put the film on his list of the worst animated films based on a cartoon was because one of rules for that list was that the film had to be live-action. Also, the fact that this film is animated and done by the same creators of the series itself kind of makes it the exception to the rule of that list's honorable mention.

I have this on VHS by the way as Jetsons the movie owned by universal studios and Jetsons show owned by HB productions.

1:19: Me liking the Teen Titans Go episode Operation Dude Rescue

This movie is the anti-Transformers: The Animated Movie. But this film, in my point of view is just okay.

"The Jetsons to The Flintstones are what Family Guy is to The Simpsons." Well not really..... "The Flintstones" was based off of "The Honeymooners"; While "The Jetsons" were based off of "Blondie."

Awesome review! My problem with this film was that it felt like an extended episode of the series instead of doing something different with the franchise, just like the Rugrats Movie did.

This was Animats first classic review to get the Animat Seal Of Garbage.

To be honest, this movie is a serious guilty pleasure. Sure it lacks the charm of the original show. I remember seeing it on the big screen and I remember liking it and I still do for it's nostalgia factor and the soundtrack is kind of decent. It's a bad movie yes, yet I still find myself watching it and somehow still finding the soundtrack enjoyable.

By the way, AniMat. I think the music featured in this film is dated even by it's own time, because whenever you make a movie with current music in it, unless you get that movie released within a year or so, the music could already be out of style. And the songs here sound way too early to mid-80s rather than something from 1990. Although maybe I'm just not up to snuff on my music style knowledge. But I don't remember hearing anything like "Stayin' Together" by the time it was 1992.

I hope he does Quest for Camelot.

coincidentally sounds like the plot of avatar, fern gulley, and god knows how many stories

Ferngully is the next vid. The music really gave it away.

I enjoy this film when I was a kid. But now I am an adult, I find this movie to be very decent and not that great. And the voice of Judy Jetson (Played by Tiffany), I just realize she was terrible.

I agree why you gave it the Seal of Garbage but I still like and watch it It's so bad so good movie, I like to watch like the Super Mario Bros Movie

Please review foodfight!

6:10 Gordon Freeman's job was also just to push a button. What about that?

I LOVE THE JETSONS MOVIE! I'M AN BIG FAN OF THE CLASSICS!

You know, as kids we were kinda accustomed to having environmental messages be in our films in the 90s. Between Captain Planet, Ferngully and many others, it always felt important that the characters were in the mess they were in because they didn't take care of the world. And as kids, that message made sense to us. Nowadays we look back on environmental messages and cringe but honestly, I wish people had listened more. I sometimes feel like we've made the same mistakes those characters made and now _we_ are the ones in a mess because _we_ didn't take care of the world. When did that message stop making sense, I wonder?

Full Voice Actor List George O'Hannlon: George Jetson (Died Before Reease) - Patric Zimmerman: Elroy Jetson - Tiffany Darwish: Judy Jetson - Penny Singleton: Jane Jetson - Donald Messick: Astro the Dog - Jean Vander Pyl: Rosie the Maid Robot - Mel Blanc: Cosmo Spacely (Died Before Release) - Dana Hill: Teddy 2 - Ronnie Schell: Rudy 2 - Patti Deutsch: Lucy 2 - Russi Taylor: Fergie the Blue Sasquatch - Brad Garret: Bertie the Blue Sasquatch - Susan Silo: Gertie the Blue Sasquatch - Paul Kreppel: Apollo Blue (The Blue Robot Guitar Player) - Steven McClintock: Cosmic Cosmo - Rick Dees: Rocket Rick Ragnarok - Frank Welker: Multiple Grungees (The Furry Creature in the Environmental Message), Multiple Males - BJ Ward: Gertrude, Multiple Females - Jeff Bergman: George and Spacely's Understudy, A Basketball Coach, Multiple Males - Michale Bell: Multiple Males - Rob Paulsen: Multiple Males - Janet Waldo: Multiple Females - Jim Ward: Multiple Males

I requested Fern Gully in the animation hat. Not sure if I was the only one though.

I like Futerama better then the Jetsons!! Don't judge me!!!

I wish they had updated the technology to 80s standards

Am I weird if I like it? It might just be nostalgia, but I really like this era's animated movies and that kind of music even. I guess it is different for the Jetsons, but there was always something special about this movie to me.

The jetsons movie is good

the man that made family guy and American dad was going to make a new TV shows based on the Jetsons and Flintstones, but fox canned it because they thought it wouldn't do well with the fans as can understand their reasons.

My Rating Story 4/10 Animation 10/10 Characters 6/10 7/10

IMO I think you were a little harsh on this movie. True, it's no Secret of Nimh or American Tail. It does have it's flaws. However, for the time it was released, I, as a kid, found it enjoyable AND memorable! One thing you failed to mention was the soundtrack. It's pure 80's cheese! The songs were meant to reflect kids' musical tastes AT THE TIME OF RELEASE which was Late 80's/Early 90's. Saying NOBODY should see this movie is overdoing it. It's like Storks or Trolls. Just a nice bit of 80's fluff to snack on, not ruminate over.

My memory is a bit fuzzy, but I remember the movie "Rockin With Judy Jetson" that came out 2 years before this movie, and pretty much did it right. 1. With the Judy movie being a musical, the songs fit the context of the story. 2. Judy's more noble qualities like her love for singing and creativity are given proper focus, with her self centered behavior virtually non-existent. 3. Sky Rocker as the romantic love interest works due to how they properly establish his character as someone who just wants to be himself in his expression. 4. There is a bit of an environmental message, but it ties well with the core musical message, and it's not beat over the head. 5. The villain for the Judy movie is a music hating witch, who was created specifically for the movie, instead of Spacely. The Judy movie makes Spacely more along his "jerk with a heart of gold" personality. 6. Judy's singing is done by BJ Ward, but Janet Waldo still voices the character proper. 7. The period piece elements are still there, but are more downplayed.

Honestly the movie has it's issue, and it was a guilty pleasure. I think that changed when I learned the original voice actree had already recorded all the lines.

I think the music video between Apollo and Judy was to show their love (albeit such a rushed pointless relationship in an 80 minute movie, right after she gets done singing about how she'll never fall in love again.)

Another Great Video!!

Hold my ankles and I'll show you my elevator.

I knew it, this film is so bad that it had to get the Animat SEAL OF GARBAGE!! It proves that not all animated films outside of the Disney Renaissance were all that good or perfect.

I think it's Ferngully. That's the only animated movie that I know has an environmental message

wasn't your worst films based on a cartoon-list only for films, that were live-action or mostly live-action, not completely animated like the Jetsons film?

Honestly, the songs by Tiffany were what stuck with me the most.

5:42 I think George just wet himself.

when i was a kid this i thought was baller. but now as an adult is bad/good but nostalgic. the sound track IS AMAZING

I had said in Animat's Hanna Barbera Lookback that I felt bad George Jetson was always getting the worst of the comedy. Because of this, I actually felt relieved that George was allowed to get this promotion. But even there, it still felt like George was still being abused. Also, I know already that multiple people are going to disagree with me, but I actually liked Tiffany Darwish's performance as Judy Jetson. In the television project, Janet Waldo just made Judy sound like another woman in her 30's. In this movie, Tiffany Darwish made Judy sound more like an actual teenager. I actually don't understand why Tiffany Darwish is getting so much hatred from this movie. Hanna Barbera fans say this was a betrayal to the Jetsons' legacy and to Janet Waldo herself; so how come they don't complain about Patric Zimmerman being the new Elroy voice after Daws Butler's death? By the way, I also like Patric Zimmerman better as Elroy. As for the ending of this movie, it was pretty emotional, which I loved, but I just wish the Jetsons could have stayed in the neighborhood. I saw that the television series had already ended, so there was no reason for them to go back to the old plot of the series. Ultimately, I suppose the one good reason for people to have for despising this movie is because they did not see the series. If they have seen the series, they will feel relieved to see George's life finally improving and they will wish the ending could be different. Therefore, they should like it. If they have not seen the show, then yes, they will hate it. I guess before one ever goes to watch Jetsons the Movie, they MUST see the television series first.

9:41 I was just waiting for that.

I was under the impression that a film had to qualify as a live-action film based on a cartoon for your previous list.

You must review Foodfight one day.

Now I can understand where the Hate for The Jetsons came from. I mean I liked the show for what it was when was younger but looking back it and the movie they made just to end it off, it really doesn't hold up well. Sheesh....I never thought it was this bad.

I actually kind of liked the movie. Review Coraline!

They should've had Janet Waldo provide the speaking voice for Judy while Tiffany does her singing voice.

legends of oz

At 8:04 is that a bong on the table?

I recognize that music... "Gravity works!" *falls* I actually like that movie!

I'm guessing that FernGully's next?

I loved this movie as a kid

Food fight is a must! You won't survive that atrocious film!

Am I the only one who'd like to see a review of Tom and Jerry: The Movie for another animated film based off a Hanna-Barbera cartoon?

to answer your question why you didn't think to put it on the top 10 worst films based on a cartoon, it's probably because the films you had on the list were required to either be fully live action or mostly live action

Same Score as The Boss Baby

I don’t care what anyone says i love this movie

Full disclosure but I never actually watched the original Jetsons show. So I only had this movie which was probably the first movie I watched as a kid. Loved it then, saw it randomly in a bargain bin years later and now own it out of nostalgia. But man was it painful to watch it as an adult. If it wasn't for my nostalgia I would have given it away by now. But it's fine for a quick easy guilty pleasure watch when I'm sick I guess.

No bad pun in the beginning for shame

Guess for next classic review: Ferngully 1 or 2

Damn dude, you're way too harsh on Judy. She's actually one of the only parts of this movie I give a crap about. I just didn't like most of the other characters. Tbh, I bought it on DVD and studied it for the scenery and subplot. As a kid, I remember hating that it was so much about George. I didn't care at all about George. I related the most to Judy, moving to a new place and looking for love. I could get behind even Elroy making a new friend and adjusting to a new school. George and Jane aren't interesting characters to me, like... at all. Rosie's pretty cool, and even Astro the Dog is alright. But they focused so much on the blandest characters possible. I'd watch the hell out of a whole movie about Judy and Apollo Blue. I don't even care. I want to see more of those two being cute together, and the hologram garden/nature zone.

I watched a bootleg version of this from a usb drive which had a one second audio delay. All my memories are of that version. I’m just so used to it. Also I LOVED IT. To be fair I was in first and second grade

This review is insanely harsh my guy, maybe since I liked it as a kid my nostalgia is softening my criticism of it but it's nowhere near bad enough to be considered "worst of all time" at anything. The way they treated Judy's original voice actress was inexcusable, but that's less about the movie itself and more about the studio being dicks (unless you think Tiffany did SO bad that it ruined the film, to which I disagree). The animation was fantastic for the time and the fact it hasn't aged well doesn't negate that, I mean, Jurassic Park's CGI looks abysmal compared to Infinity War but that doesn't mean it was poorly done. The animation in this movie was great. I agree the plot was a little safe and simple, and the environmentalist message was far from subtle, but I don't think it's fair to say the story was complete garbage either. It was just a run of the mill Jetsons story, I won't give them points for being supremely original but for the most part the stuck the landing IMHO. My rating would be more like this... Story 5/10 Animation 9/10 Characters 7/10 Overall 7/10, I could even accept someone saying 6, 4 just seems immensely harsh. Go watch the Tom and Jerry movie if you really wanna see an animated train wreck.

I've started to realize recently that when it comes to certain films, especially ones that I watched as a kid, I'm rather easy going when I review them. I don't judge them too harshly and prefer to look at them piece by piece and judge them by their individual parts rather than as a whole. I can see now that this film to other fans of animation isn't really all that great, and can even be cringe-inducing. And I agree that it isn't the best movie. But I do consider it a special and unique sort and style of film that ought to be experienced at least once, due to its unique visual style, its amazing pop-song and orchestral soundtrack, and for the final performances of both Mel Blanc and George O'Hanlon. By the way, George was actually suffering from his first stroke at the time they were recording the dialogue for this film, and so apparently the recording directors had to feed him his lines by reading the script to him, and then he'd recite it back with the best performance he could give. And honestly, you would never guess he was having to do that. I'll agree, there's something a bit off about his performance, but anyone could chop that up to age more than anything. And I actually thought Mel did a fantastic job considering his age. He even screams at the top of his lungs a few times. That can't be easy to do when your in your 70s.

I remember seeing this a lot as a kid because I was really into watching animated shows of any kind. I didn't really know it was that flawed until you brought the problems up in this review. Amazing how being older can change a person's opinion.

The Oh Yeah This Is Gonna Suck part got me

the show premiered over 25 years before the movie but they brought back the series for 2 more seasons in the mid 80's so the movie wasn't really irrelevant at the time it came out

I'd barely remembered Jetsons The Movie probably because I'd use to liked it as kid But as an adult I HATE IT

I kinda really like this movie , the songs great ( my mom got me into 80s music ) , I like the mixture of the two animation styiels , and the movie has a great message

I have fond memories of this movie from when I was a kid. I find this movie very entertaining to watch despite what the ratings have to say. I went out and bought a copy and watch it every night! It's one of my favorite movies to watch. I also like the jetsons tv show as well. My favorite character is George Jetson cause he's the lovable goofball in the show. I've always liked the jetsons and always will to this day, that includes the movie.

what I hate about this movie is how they didn't release the full soundtrack

9:47 Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs 2?

Today marks the 28th anniversary of the movie

Oooh....this wasn't exactly the one I had in mind. Must have been thinking of the crossover.

may you please review tentacolino? *chibi eyes*

Actually electricdragon505, you could not put Jetson the movie on your top 10 worst movie based on a cartoon becausenit is animated. Remember that rule you added to that video that it had to be in live-action?

They still have a rubbery quality? This suggests they had a rubbery movement in the show, which they didn't really. And regarding George being full of himself when all he does is push a button... that's the joke.

I saw this movie as a kid, vaguely knew of the original series, disliked it and then forgot about it...until I saw this video in my recommended section. Damn you, KZfaq!

OK, I need to come in defense of Tiffany. A. She has substantial issues with her manager and control, so her casting is totally not her fault. Plus, how much characterization can you give to a love sick teenager? B. The music a great so....yeah.

What with the teenage captain planet wannabe?

Animat correct me if I'm wrong but didn't u say that in ur top 10 worst films based on a cartoon u said it had 2 be in live action or mostly. And the jetsons is an animated movie well u kinds mentioned it in the honorable mentions I guess.

Why hasn’t nostalgic critic reviewed this?!