Average Rating: 8.2/10
Reviews Counted: 42
Fresh: 41 | Rotten: 1
Shakespeare gets the deluxe space treatment in Forbidden Planet, an adaptation of The Tempest with impressive sets and seamless special effects.
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Critic Reviews: 4
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 0
Shakespeare gets the deluxe space treatment in Forbidden Planet, an adaptation of The Tempest with impressive sets and seamless special effects.
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Shakespeare's "The Tempest" is transformed in this landmark science-fiction film with groundbreaking special effects. Space men travel to a planet ruled by expatriate Pidgeon who has built a kingdom with his daughter and obedient robot Robby. There the good doctor is plagued by his mad quest for knowledge through his "brain booster" machine, and by Freudian "monsters from the id" as his daughter discovers other men and learns to kiss.
G, 1 hr. 38 min.
Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Classics, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Apr 18, 2000
MGM Home Entertainment
All Critics (42) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (48) | Rotten (1) | DVD (29)
[A] nifty interstellar meller.
Top CriticAn engaging 1956 science fiction gloss of Shakespeare's Tempest.
Imaginative gadgets galore, plus plenty of suspense and thrills, make the production a top offering in the space travel category.
Offers some of the most amusing creatures conceived since the Keystone cops.
The tragicomic tone would have done the Bard proud, and at even only 98 minutes, Forbidden Planet is positively epic.
A smart script and-ahead-of their-time effects elevate this one from a cult classic to a landmark of the genre.
A superb sci-fi flick, Forbidden Planet offers an unusually intelligent script, exciting direction by Wilcox and generally good acting from a decent if rather dull cast.
Classic '50s sci-fi future flick is campy fun.
Its most interesting moments are mired in human frailty--in sex, death, betrayal, jealousy, and intoxication.
... the film truly gets the deluxe treatment that it deserves and should be highly sought after by classic movie fans.
A cinematic marvel for the ages, Forbidden Planet possesses a look and feel that was far ahead of its time.
Still great, relevant sci-fi
The film's amazing strengths easily outweigh the odd outbreak of hammery.
Even half a century down the line, this movie remains a masterpiece of its genre.
Might as well be called the 'Robbie the Robot Omnibus' as it also includes two follow-up vehicles featuring the iconic robot character . . .
...an enduring best-of-breed favorite, a CinemaScope spectacle that's terrifically entertaining, smartly written, memorably cast, briskly paced, and production-designed to the hilt.
For the film's golden anniversary, Warner has done such a good job ... that chucking out the 1997 DVD edition for this upgrade is a no-brainer, not to mention an essential acquisition for anyone who doesn't yet have this title on the Genre Classics shelf.
MGM's full color, 'Scope production looks amazing, and Robby the Robot steals the show.
...while the film is no match for today's computer-graphic extravaganzas, it holds its own on Blu-ray. (Blu-ray Edition)
Come for the awesome production design, stay for a young Leslie Nielsen and Robbie the Robot!
April 3, 2007Super Reviewer
Forbidden Planet is revolutionary for its time, a cinematic innovator for decades of sci-fi, and one of the funniest films I've seen lately. The humor is broad, most diegetic dialogue amongst the crew, but there are scenes that may be unintentionally funny on Nielsen's part. Perhaps if the casting were different I
October 19, 2010Super Reviewer
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