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Planet 51

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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] for mild sci-fi action and some suggestive humor

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... 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 astronaut arrives on a distant planet, but he's not alone; he's surrounded by aliens who desperately fear invasion by...aliens. [More]

Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel, Justin Long, Seann William Scott

Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel, Justin Long, Seann William Scott, Gary Oldman, John Cleese

Director: Jorge Blanco

Director: Jorge Blanco
Screenwriter: Joe Stillman
Producer: Ignacio Perez Dolset, Guy Collins
Studio: New Line Cinema

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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.

Full Review Source: NYC Movie Guru | comment Comment
11/20/09
Avi Offer
Avi Offer
NYC Movie Guru

A trite compendium of everything that's wrong with non-Pixar computer-animated feature films.

Full Review Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) | comment Comment
11/20/09
John Beifuss
John Beifuss
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

This sharp-looking but unimaginative adventure hasn't the wit of similar kiddie flicks.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
11/20/09
Joe Neumaier
Joe Neumaier
New York Daily News
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If you've seen Space Chimps, you can expect the same level of quality. It's not excruciating, but it's entirely forgettable.

Full Review Source: 7M Pictures | comment 1 Comment
11/20/09
Kevin Carr
Kevin Carr
7M Pictures

This simply doesn't have the right stuff.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
11/20/09
Kevin Williamson
Kevin Williamson
Jam! Movies

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.

Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
11/20/09
Amy Biancolli
Amy Biancolli
Houston Chronicle
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With 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.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
11/20/09
Rick Groen
Rick Groen
Globe and Mail
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The script lacks wit, and the in-joke references to cinematic sci-fi classics will soar over little kids' heads without pleasing many adults.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
11/20/09
Cliff Doerksen
Cliff Doerksen
Chicago Reader
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Definitely a planet worth a visit.

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
11/20/09
Nancy Churnin
Nancy Churnin
Dallas Morning News
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Mediocre, clunky and just so not special.

Full Review Source: Detroit News | comment Comment
11/20/09
Tom Long
Tom Long
Detroit News
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The agreeable but flagrantly unoriginal Planet 51 belongs to the mix-and-match school of animated moviemaking.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
11/20/09
Stephen Holden
Stephen Holden
New York Times
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Planet 51 sucks.

Full Review Source: Sci Fi Wire | comment Comment
11/20/09
Todd Gilchrist
Todd Gilchrist
Sci Fi Wire

Planet 51 is innocuous to the point of distraction.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
11/20/09
Marc Savlov
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle

Underwhelming alien comedy has some suggestive humor.

Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | comment Comment
11/20/09
Sandie Angulo Chen
Sandie Angulo Chen
Common Sense Media

Computers have been assisting in the production of animated films more and more every year, but have they started writing them too?

Full Review Source: Movie Retriever | comment Comment
11/20/09
Brian Tallerico
Brian Tallerico
Movie Retriever

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.

Full Review Source: Indie Movies Online | comment Comment
11/20/09
Kimberly Gadette
Kimberly Gadette
Indie Movies Online

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.

Full Review Source: Florida Times-Union | comment 2 Comments
11/20/09
Matt Soergel
Matt Soergel
Florida Times-Union

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...

Full Review Source: Flick Filosopher | comment Comment
11/20/09
MaryAnn Johanson
MaryAnn Johanson
Flick Filosopher

Plays to the cheap seats rather than exploring its admittedly clever premise to the fullest.

Full Review Source: culturevulture.net | comment Comment
11/20/09
Scott Von Doviak
Scott Von Doviak
culturevulture.net

Stargazers believe there's intelligent life out there. You just won't find much of it on "Planet 51."

Full Review Source: Charlotte Weekly | comment Comment
11/20/09
Sean O'Connell
Sean O'Connell
Charlotte Weekly
 
 
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