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Maybe there is still hope for the red ants that have attacked Norfolk parks to become cute, lovable, animated characters.

Or, perhaps, the four-legged, crawling reptiles of the Dismal Swamp.

If maggots can become cute movie stars, there's hope for those other creatures.

Movie animators seem to think they can give a bit of modern cynical edginess to their industry's traditional cuteness by turning rats in the kitchen into famous chefs and, now, flies aboard space capsules into heroes.

Cute (ugh) maggots and a feisty trio of boyish flies (household types) co-star in "Fly Me to the Moon,'' the 3-D film that has opened locally .

The result is a likable and ...

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