Escape From Planet Earth 3D Reviews
Jason C
Super Reviewer
February 20, 2013
I watched Escape from Planet Earth in 3D because of the movie time. Let me say that there is NO need to suffer through wearing those glasses to watch this. You won't get anything out of it... except a lighter wallet. Escape is an almost decent movie and nothing more. The story was OK, even if it was unoriginal, uninspired and unimaginative. They could have saved $30 million or so and released this to TV or straight to DVD. The characters weren't nasty or distasteful (or interesting or funny), and they helped the movie along without adding any entertainment value or laughs. It's obvious how the writer was TRYING to be witty and funny, but it didn't come through. Some of the voices were OK, but only Ricky Gervais was good. A couple of the others, Brendan Fraser, Sofia Vergara and William Shatner were downright horrible. They didn't fit their characters at all and made it distracting. There is nothing new or unique you can get from watching Escape from Planet Earth. If it's on a movie channel or TV you can record it and let your kids watch it once or twice, but I'd bet they won't like it much either.
April 2, 2013
The first film by Rainmaker Entertainment that was apparently stuck in development for a long time. For a first try this film is not that bad. Its kind of predictable and cheesy but overall not a bad first try. Just don't expect anything amazing.
February 24, 2013
Could have been much better. Some genuinely funny parts! Animation was pretty good -- most of the time. Marred by terrible pop music choices and what seems like too many cooks in the kitchen. A fun diversion.
March 2, 2013
This movie was so bad that even though I saw it only 24 hours ago I had to find the ticket stub in the trash to remember what the title was. Incredibly uninteresting, old and used up jokes and a handful of bizarre story lines make this a movie to seriously avoid.
February 19, 2013
I really enjoyed taking my nephews to this one. It had a lot of laughs and a good story about family at it's core (especially brotherly love) . You know it had to be good because it held my nephews interests all through the movie (ages 7-13) I as an adult enjoyed the story and the laughs too. Great for the kids. The animated characters were loveable and the voices were good. The computer Mr Bing by Ricky Gervais was great. If you have kids I'd recommend it.
February 16, 2013
it was amusing enough for my kid. but only because it was about space and had some silly moments in it. the story was not at all compelling or memorable.
timoncjm
November 7, 2012
It was a enjoyable, funny and exciting animated family comedy adventure. It had great animation, very excellent voice cast, great music, great characters, good visuals, lots of adventure, lots of action, plenty of funny moments and a fun storyline. It was a good start from Rainmaker Entertainment. What I like about this movie was the animation, voice cast and characters. I recommend this movie to kids and adults alike.
May 18, 2013
Punchlines are telegraphed, characters are annoying and stereotyped, badly. The worst thing about the movie though is the whole point of it. Why would anyone with half a brain much less a super genius wan to save Scorch Supernova. His bumbling makes the Clueless girls seem like rogue scholars. Inept, Egoistic and bullish, yet someone actually went to go save his sorry butt. Not plausible, nor entertaining.
Save yourself the effort. Don't watch it. Maybe kids might still like this sort of low level plot line but adults will see this for what it is. A cash in on the "3D" craze and basically a 90 minute Saturday morning cartoon. That may actually be a disservice to Saturday morning cartoons, since they may actually have more sets than this annoying story.
Punchlines are telegraphed, characters are annoying and stereotyped, badly. The worst thing about the movie though is the whole point of it. Why would anyone with half a brain much less a super genius wan to save Scorch Supernova. His bumbling makes the Clueless girls seem like rogue scholars. Inept, Egoistic and bullish, yet someone actually went to go save his sorry butt. Not plausible, nor entertaining.
December 8, 2012
The movie's only merit is its imaginings and rendition of out-of-this-world machinery.
Pales in comparison with previously just released The Croods and similarly blue-alien-involved movie Megamind.
Predictable. Contrived. Unadorable.
The movie's only merit is its imaginings and rendition of out-of-this-world machinery.
Pales in comparison with previously just released The Croods and similarly blue-alien-involved movie Megamind.
May 11, 2013
Nothing exciting happens. Everything goes by the book. Although this is expected for a kids animated film, combining it with the lack of humor makes the film less than mediocre.
December 21, 2012
The animation is well done, and there a few fun sequences, but Escape from Planet Earth overall lacks any laughs or great characters to make it any good.
April 29, 2013
The first five minutes was bad. Then it seemingly got better BUT I WAS WRONG!!The used the same voice actors for like 10 different characters and the WERE ALL BORING. THE MOVIE IS BADDO NOT WATCH the animation was okay though
ka
April 25, 2013
I think The Croods is probably the better film, but I really liked this one better. They're both from the weaker end of the computer cartoon era.
Troy C.
April 16, 2013
Along with bird flick Adventures of Zambezia, this animated alien escapade has been stuck in the large shadow cast by Dreamworks' The Croods this school holiday period. Which, frankly, is completely expected, yet also a bit of a shame. Escape never soars to great heights, in fact it's happy to just coast along in second gear for the most part, but there's a simplicity and lack of self-knowingness to it which is uncommon for family outings these days, making it somewhat refreshing. There are very few pop culture winks and nods, and even less gags for adults, with the focus predominantly on crafting a fun, and funny, film for the kiddies. The animation is noticeably cut-price, the story is unoriginal and the voice cast is a who's who of of C-grade talent - Brendan Fraser as the dimwitted hero, Rob Corrdry as his brainy brother, William Shatner as the nefarious human villain, plus Sarah Jessica Parker, Steve Zahn, Jane Lynch and Craig Robinson to boot - however the tempo is quick, the jokes are frequent and the action sequences are full of gusto; everything a little critter wants from a trip to the cinema.
