Ruby Rivest

Ruby Rivest is a 2005 American computer-animated science fiction comedy film produced by IDT Entertainment. Directed by Ash Brannon and written by Tab Murphy, Peter Baynham, Roger S. H. Schulman, J. David Stem, and David N. Weiss, the film features the voices of Mandy Moore, Tobey Maguire, David Spade, Steve Zahn, Whoopi Goldberg, Stanley Tucci, Anthony Anderson, and Paul Giamatti. The film is a homage to, and a self-parody of sci-fi space films of the 1950s/1980s.

The film was released on December 21, 2005, in the United States by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and internationally by Universal Pictures through the United International Pictures label. The film grossed $303 million worldwide and received mixed reviews from critics who praised the humor, animation, and vocal performances of Moore, Maguire, Spade, and Giamatti but criticized the lack of originality, writing, tone, and the use of pop cultural references. However, through home video releases and television syndication, it later gathered a cult following in recent years.

Plot
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Voice cast

 * Mandy Moore as Ruby Rivest, a optimistic space human girl.
 * Tobey Maguire as Robert Stawls, Ruby's best friend and partner in space travel.
 * David Spade as Crimson, a cat like alien who often clashes with Barney in a frenemy way.
 * Steve Zahn as Barney, a talking space dog that Ruby befriends.
 * Whoopi Goldberg as Linda, a optimistic yet dim-witted alien who lives on the planet Museria
 * Stanley Tucci as Ben Rivest, Ruby's deadpan father.
 * Anthony Anderson as Kerry, a goofy human.
 * Paul Giamatti as Galcer Spasotin, a evil alien tyrant.
 * Sigourney Weaver as Ka'zulu Spasotin, the good hearted wife of Galcer.
 * William Shatner as Zarry, one of Galcer's top henchmen.

ADR Group
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Development
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Casting
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Theatrical
Ruby Rivest was originally scheduled for theatrical release on September 16, 2005, but in February 2005, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer moved the release date up to December 21, 2005.

Marketing
The film's teaser trailer was released on March 10, 2005 and was attached into Robots a day later. The film's official trailer was released on July 7, 2005. The final trailer was released on October 6, 2005, and was released theatrically in front of Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.

Upon its release, Burger King promoted the film with a set of 6 kids' meal toys featuring the characters from the film. Tie-ins with General Mills, Hasbro and American Express were also made to promote the film.

Home media
Ruby Rivest was released on DVD and VHS by MGM Home Entertainment through Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on April 4, 2006, followed by a Blu-ray release on May 26, 2009 by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.

Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 47% based on 131 reviews, with an average rating of 5.2/10. Another review aggregator, Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score to reviews from mainstream critics, gave the film an average score of 44 out of 100, based on 31 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A-" on an A+ to F scale.

Box office
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Accolades
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Main
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Trailers
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