The Jetsons (1990)

21% of critics liked it
(14 reviews)
46% of users liked it
(25,351 ratings)

Hanna-Barbera's Space Age clan made the leap to the big screen in this animated feature, in which George and the family are transferred to a remote space outpost. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi

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Rating, Runtime: G, 1 hr. 22 min.
Directed By: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna
Genres: Action & Adventure, Animation, Kids & Family, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy

In Theaters: Jul 6, 1990 Wide
On DVD: Apr 28, 2009
Studio: MCA Universal Home Video

Critic Reviews

Janet Maslin, New York Times
The film isn't any more fascinating than the television cartoon series that inspired it. It's only longer.
Hal Hinson, Washington Post
Jetsons: The Movie is nothing less than a master plan for Utopia. Your children may never be the same.
Paul Trandahl, Common Sense Media
Great visuals, lackluster characters and plot.
Brian Orndorf, BrianOrndorf.com
A terribly featherweight movie, lacking a ripping sense of cinematic urgency to help understand why Universal would think this moderately amusing trifle needed a wide release and numerous marketing tie-ins.
, TV Guide's Movie Guide
Though by no means a great animated feature, Jetsons does offer unqualified family entertainment, and it even includes a socially responsive message.
, Time Out
Top-notch computer graphics, star voices and a gaggle of gadgets cannot disguise the fact that this family of the future is stuck firmly in 1962.
James Sanford, Kalamazoo Gazette
Deserves to be shot into space
Steve Rhodes, Internet Reviews
In the end the children have learned that capitalism is all about spoiling the ecosystem and exploiting workers. This sure makes them want to grow up to become entrepreneurs and build healthy businesses. Sad.
Chris Hicks, Deseret News, Salt Lake City
The Jetsons have hardly moved into the '90s, much less the 21st century.

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Featured Audience Ratings

AJ V

I always thought that the Jetsons should have a movie, a live action movie, really, but this was pretty good anyway. It's an entertaining kids movie.
Lafe F

It's got a great new 3-D shaded look, but it seemed like the same old Jetsons story-wise.
Jason V

Jetsons: The Movie is a harmless animated picture the entire family can watch without worrying about corrupting the younger kids. The animation is solid for 1989 (watch for some early uses of CGI) and it has the occasional chuckle. It may ooze with nostalgia for audiences who grew… More
Jetsons: The Movie is a harmless animated picture the entire family can watch without worrying about corrupting the younger kids. The animation is solid for 1989 (watch for some early uses of CGI) and it has the occasional chuckle. It may ooze with nostalgia for audiences who grew up with the original cartoon, but there's something off about this version. As with many things in the 1980s (Star Trek IV, for example), Jetsons: The Movie centers itself on protecting the ecosystem and why capitalism is bad, though not in those terms exactly. The messages are heavy-handed when the movie gets around to them; the other main attraction here is Tiffany as Judy Jetson, a supporting character who gets more screentime than her by-the-numbers subplot demands. A bad movie? No, not at all. A bit dull and lacking the oomph which says the events will be a game changer in the Jetsons universe. At least the film is actually a film and not three television episodes strung together.
Jim W

This movie is just decent, it's not as good as the show and it's too musical. But still, at least they didn't make a live action movie.
Sunil J

I saw this SO many times when I was a kid!