Lost in a City

Lost in a City is a 2002 American computer animated adventure-comedy film directed and written by Jeff Gunn, produced by Dan Krech and stars the voices of Albert Brooks, Shannen Doherty, Caroline Dhavernas, Lucy Liu, Rob Schneider, Jodi Benson, John Rhys-Davies, Rose McGowan, and Molly Shannon.

The film was produced by Dan Krech Productions and was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures on September 27, 2002 and was met with mixed reviews from critics.

Plot
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Voice cast

 * Albert Brooks as Albert Heart
 * Shannen Doherty as Evelyn Scott
 * Caroline Dhavernas as Sophie Williams
 * Lucy Liu as Chloe Davis
 * Rob Schneider as Daniel Young
 * Jodi Benson as Sarah Walker-Campbell
 * John Rhys-Davies as Ryan Campbell
 * Rose McGowan as Margaret Jones
 * Molly Shannon as Josie Parker

Additional Voices

 * Matt Adler
 * Steve Alterman
 * Jack Angel
 * Jeff Bennett
 * Bob Bergen
 * Susan Blu
 * Rodger Bumpass
 * Jane Carr
 * Jennifer Darling
 * Paul Eiding
 * Bill Farmer
 * Pat Fraley
 * Jess Harnell
 * Dalene Irvine
 * Joe Lala
 * Jaclyn Linetsky
 * Sherry Lynn
 * Mickie McGowan
 * Candi Milo
 * Kay Panabaker
 * Patrick Pinney
 * Jan Rabson

Production
Jeff Gunn first wrote the treatment for the film in 1998. He pitched it to DreamWorks Animation, but Jeffrey Katzenberg disliked it and it was rejected. He considered pitching it to Zoetrope Feature Animation, Paramount Feature Animation, Walt Disney Feature Animation, 20th Century Fox Animation and Universal Feature Animation, all of which rejected it. In 1999, Dan Krech Productions picked up the script, and by 2000, DKP signed with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for a three-picture deal, with Lost in a City being the first titles in the three-picture deal. Albert Brooks, Shannen Doherty, Caroline Dhavernas, Lucy Liu, Rob Schneider, Jodi Benson, John Rhys-Davies, Rose McGowan and Molly Shannon first joined the cast in January 2001.

Release
The film was released theatrically on September 27, 2002 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and was the second computer animated film to be released by MGM after The Nut Box.

Home media
The film was released on VHS and DVD on February 11, 2003 by MGM Home Entertainment. It was later released on Blu-ray on June 20, 2006 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, and afterwards reprinted by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.

Critical reception
The film received mixed reviews from critics. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 46% based on 106 reviews. On Metacritic, it holds a score of 43 out of 100, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale.

Box office
Lost in a City grossed $110.2 million in the United States and Canada and $11.3 million with a worldwide total of $221.5 million, making it one of the highest-grossing animated films of 2002. In the United States and Canada, the film opened alongside Sweet Home Alabama and The Tuxedo, and it grossed $50.3 million, debuting at number one. According to executive producer and then-future Frenzy Animation founder Steve O'Connell, it was one of the most prolific openings for an animated film MGM has ever received.