An often amusing, harmless adventure with enough inoffensive humor and impressive CGI animation to make up for its lack of exhilarating moments and refreshing surprises.
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11/20/09
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Planet 51 (2009)
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Reviews Counted:47
Fresh:8
Rotten:39
Average Rating:4/10
Consensus: Planet 51 squanders an interesting premise with an overly familiar storyline, stock characters, and humor that alternates between curious and potentially offensive.
Rated: PG [See Full Rating]
Genre: Childrens
Theatrical Release:Nov 20, 2009 Wide
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
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Reviews for Planet 51
A trite compendium of everything that's wrong with non-Pixar computer-animated feature films.
11/20/09
This sharp-looking but unimaginative adventure hasn't the wit of similar kiddie flicks.
11/20/09
Top CriticIf you've seen Space Chimps, you can expect the same level of quality. It's not excruciating, but it's entirely forgettable.
11/20/09
This simply doesn't have the right stuff.
11/20/09
The movie as a whole isn't exactly ground-breaking, and some of the humor tanks. But it has enough action, laughs and candy-hued visuals to satisfy the target audience without plunging grown-ups into despair.
11/20/09
Top CriticWith nowhere to go except toward that incongruous moral, the story is getting thin on the ground, obliging director Jorge Blanco to pad with the usual plush stuffing -- bland action and busy edits.
11/20/09
Top CriticThe script lacks wit, and the in-joke references to cinematic sci-fi classics will soar over little kids' heads without pleasing many adults.
11/20/09
Top CriticDefinitely a planet worth a visit.
11/20/09
Top CriticMediocre, clunky and just so not special.
11/20/09
Top CriticThe agreeable but flagrantly unoriginal Planet 51 belongs to the mix-and-match school of animated moviemaking.
11/20/09
Top CriticPlanet 51 sucks.
11/20/09
Planet 51 is innocuous to the point of distraction.
11/20/09
Underwhelming alien comedy has some suggestive humor.
11/20/09
Computers have been assisting in the production of animated films more and more every year, but have they started writing them too?
11/20/09
What gives with Joe Stillman, a credited writer on the wonderfully witty Shrek/Shrek 2? Here, his prior expertise in working with lime green characters has inexplicably given way to lifeless gray.
11/20/09
It's good-spirited, and there are enough colorful characters to please its intended audience. Best of all is an Earth-built robot on wheels named Rover, who thinks it's a dog. He'll be a hit. If only the main characters were as interesting.
11/20/09
Planet 51 isn't terrible, just bland and predictable as a story, though at least the humor that's tacked onto it is gentle and unassuming...
11/20/09
Plays to the cheap seats rather than exploring its admittedly clever premise to the fullest.
11/20/09
Stargazers believe there's intelligent life out there. You just won't find much of it on "Planet 51."
11/20/09
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