A heartwarming family movie about the space race.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 28, 2010

In 1969, when the world watched as man went the moon, America needed help from Australia to see it. Today, the Aussies are coming to our aid again.

| Original Score: B+ | May 8, 2002

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 22, 2002

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 30, 2001

Utterly charming.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 30, 2001

Beguilingly funny.

| Apr 23, 2001

Both an entertaining, instructive jaunt down memory lane and also, for the younger generation, a most palatable lesson in modern history.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 20, 2001

The Dish also does a nice job of evoking what 1969 was like for people who didn't live in San Francisco, Paris or even Melbourne, Australia.

Full Review | Apr 20, 2001

Makes you admire the Australian ability to make a comedy that's sincere rather than crass.

| Apr 20, 2001

For many moviegoers, that feel-good spirit is going to be hard to resist.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 6, 2001

A feel-good movie that re-creates a time and place with gentle humor and a reminder that the Aussies have the right stuff, too.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 6, 2001

Shows us that when done with restraint, nostalgia can be fine.

Full Review | Apr 6, 2001

Images of the revolving and tilting dish are sufficient in themselves and do more than make up for the musical goosing on the soundtrack.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 6, 2001

A warmly human story marked by humor, drama, a little romance and an ending that's preordained (though crises arise), yet also moving.

Full Review | Apr 6, 2001

A smiling human comedy.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Apr 6, 2001

Warm, wry, endearing.

Full Review | Apr 6, 2001

An amusing, compelling and technologically fascinating tale.

Full Review | Apr 5, 2001

Both goofy and touching, so heartfelt and fresh that it draws us in, tickling our funny bones while hitting the solar plexus.

Full Review | Apr 5, 2001

The kind of movie some audiences are starved for, a comedy with a human face, warmth and spirit.

Full Review | Apr 5, 2001

This is a comedy that rises out of elation, rather than mere wacky gas.

| Original Score: A- | Mar 16, 2001