Going Francisco

Going Francisco is a 2001 American animated science fiction comedy film produced by Gingo Animation and distributed by Universal Pictures. Directed by Funky Fu! Pop Star Fighter creator Arlo-Avocha Vernon with co-direction by Tim Hill, the screenplay was written by Hill, David N. Weiss, J. David Stem, and Karey Kirkpatrick from a story by Vernon. It stars the voices of Spencer Klein, Ashley Peldon, Missi Pyle, George Clooney, and Willem Dafoe.

The story centers on the Crosby family, who lives next door to a neighbor known as "The Champ". He teleports them into a strange computer-generated version of San Francisco, where they meet a mysterious, clear-white, bald man who offers to help the family get home in time for their Christmas vacation. However, when they realize he is actually a character controlled by their neighbor in a multiplayer video game, they must escape him and rush through the virtual city to find their way back to the real world themselves.

The film was released on November 21, 2001. It grossed $118.9 million against a $54 million budget and received mixed reviews from critics, with particular criticism directed at the film's sitcom-like production values and story.

Plot
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Cast
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 * Spencer Klein as Dan Crosby, Sara's youger brother; a 12-year old basketball geek
 * Ashley Peldon as Sara Crosby, Dan's older sister; a 15-year old high school sophomore and a typical neat-freak teenage girl
 * Missi Pyle as Rhea Crosby, the mother of the siblings
 * George Clooney as Anson Crosby, the father of the siblings
 * Willem Dafoe as The Champ, the Crosbys' next-door neighbor and an aspiring top-ranking player of Road Rage: California.

Soundtrack

 * 1) "Invincible" - Michael Jackson
 * 2) "Getaway" - Earth, Wind &amp; Fire
 * 3) "It's Gonna Be Me" - NSYNC
 * 4) "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) " - Scott McKenzie
 * 5) "Maximum Consumption" - The Kinks
 * 6) "In the Hood" - Kool &amp; the Gang
 * 7) "Don't Mess with the Radio" - Nivea
 * 8) "You Rock My World" - Michael Jackson
 * 9) "Hyperreal Orbit" - The Shamen
 * 10) "Michael" - Roy Davis Jr.
 * 11) "Clock Is Mine" - Lyre Le Temps
 * 12) "San Francisco (You've Got Me)" - Village People

Score
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Reception
Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, gives the film an approval rating of 57% collected from 78 reviews, with an average rating of 5.4/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "The script plays it too much like a Saturday morning cartoon, and not a very funny one to begin with. Still, give Going Francisco points for supplying cool visuals." Metacritic, another review aggregator, gives the film a score of 61 out of 100 from 41 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

Box office
The film earned $82.8 million in North American theaters, and another $36.1 million from other countries. The worldwide gross was $118.9 million against a budget of $54 million.

Home media
Going Francisco was released on VHS and DVD on March 30, 2002.