There’s enough of a storyline here to keep younger space cadets moderately settled.
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12/04/09
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Planet 51 (2009)
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Reviews Counted:88
Fresh:18
Rotten:70
Average Rating:4.1/10
Consensus: Planet 51 squanders an interesting premise with an overly familiar storyline, stock characters, and humor that alternates between curious and potentially offensive.
Rated: U [See Full Rating]
Genre: Childrens
Theatrical Release:04-12-2009
Synopsis: The tables are turned in this animated sci-fi adventure featuring the voices of Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel, Justin Long, Seann William Scott, Gary Oldman, and John Cleese. In PLANET 51, an... [More]
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel, Justin Long, Seann William Scott
Director: Jorge Blanco
Reviews for Planet 51
Top CriticA hideously annoying and emotionally blank tale.
12/04/09
Top CriticIt could have added up to something. Alas, any excitement is submerged by the relentless barrage of trite sci-fi allusions and nudge-nudge gags aimed solely at adults.
12/04/09
Top CriticThe action pans out pretty predictably but such is the verve of the story and the impressive visuals you may find yourself heading off course to catch Planet 51.
12/04/09
A jumble of kiddie slapstick and pointless chases.
12/04/09
The laughs come thick and fast in a sprightly kid pleaser full of slapstick set-pieces and memorable characters, while more grown-up viewers will find themselves grinning at pastiches of the Cold War paranoia of bygone sci-fi movies.
12/04/09
An extremely dull and unfunny comedy with pop-culture references where the gags should be, and humdrum voicings.
12/04/09
While pretty much a cut-and-shut of every animated movie of the past decade, this sci-fi comedy should achieve blast-off with the under-10s. For adults, however, this is as solidly so what? as you can get.
12/04/09
Good fun if you can put up with the pastel colours and plasticky textures, which show that in modern fantasy animation all that pixellates isn’t Pixar.
12/04/09
It's frenetic and knowing in the modern manner, though, a couple of good gags apart, not very funny. Its patchiness merely demonstrates the gap between Pixar and the rest of the field – which is the distance between genius and talent.
12/04/09
Amiable, lightweight fare that adults might appreciate more than children.
12/04/09
There's not a single laugh-out-loud moment in the whole film.
12/04/09
Silly but not hilarious ... with a message that's so simplistic you might miss it.
12/04/09
It's no shock to see Shrek co- writer Joe Stillman on the credits, because Planet 51 follows the exact same formula - slapstick for the kids, sly gags for the parents and a rubbish romantic subplot for nobody.
12/04/09
Inoffensively bland.
12/04/09
When a film's best characters are rip-offs from other movies. you know you're in trouble.
12/03/09
Like the alien town of Glipforg at its core, Planet 51 offers attractions that are just a little too familiar to take the viewer out of this world.
11/30/09
Top CriticIndependently and internationally produced CG animated comedy Planet 51 has the visuals to compare with bigger budgeted Hollywood studio offerings but not the storytelling spark.
11/18/09
Little kids who've never seen this story before might get a kick out of it and its bold colours. Parents will be yawning and looking at their watches. At least G-Force dared you to hate it; this just dares you to stay awake.
12/07/09
Glar and his friends are more or less all-purpose protestors, showing up on sidewalks with placards announcing, "We're really upset!" over nothing specific. And that makes them about as amiable and as bland as everyone else on Planet 51.
12/04/09
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