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39 out of 100

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5.2 out of 10

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  • Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel, Seann William Scott
  • Summary: Planet 51 is a galactic sized animated alien adventure comedy revolving around American astronaut Captain Charles "Chuck" Baker, who lands on Planet 51 thinking he's the first person to step foot on it. To his surprise, he finds that this planet is inhabited by little green people who are happily living in a white picket fence world reminiscent of a cheerfully innocent 1950s America, and whose only fear is that it will be overrun by alien invaders...like Chuck! With the help of his robot companion "Rover" and his new friend Lem, Chuck must navigate his way through the dazzling, but bewildering, landscape of Planet 51 in order to escape becoming a permanent part of the Planet 51 Alien Invaders Space Museum. (Sony Pictures)… Expand
  • Director: Javier Abad
  • Genre(s): Adventure, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Comedy, Animation, Family
  • Rating: PG
  • Runtime: 91 min
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 21
  3. Negative: 4 out of 21
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Adam Markovitz
    75
    Delivers a few pleasant surprises, including a smart story -- a reverse-E.T. riff that plops an American astronaut down in a world of just-like-us-only-green creatures -- and clever characters.
  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Kirk Honeycutt
    50
    A perky though not terribly imaginative feature aimed primarily at youngsters.
  3. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Michael O'Sullivan
    38
    Planet 51 is cute, but it's no "Shrek."

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 35
  3. Negative: 10 out of 35
  1. EugeneZ
    10
    This movie is the SMARTEST animation that I've ever seen (along with “Shrek”-1). It's a parody on our society and behavior, based on prejudice-propaganda-brainwashing, and clear prediction what could happen if “aliens” would come. The movie is funny (and even uses some kind of plagiarism in context to make it funnier) I really like it (as well as my 9-year son) and recommend to anyone. See the movie, enjoy, get some fun and laugh ... on ourselves' reaction that we'll experience if "alien invasion" would ever happen to us.… Expand
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  2. Cubixreviews
    4
    Planet 51 is a poor animation movie. It haves a really stupid story, but sometimes it gets kinda interesting, sometimes, because this move is a let down. Even the animation is amateur and poor.… Expand
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  3. TipsyMcBee
    3
    Planet 51 does have a unique concept of an alien race in a 1950's flair environment, but the whole execution of the movie was a complete disaster. The story was quickly forgettable with humour so dull that Dwayne Johnson (voice of Charles T. Baker aka the Astronaut) couldn't save this animated feature to be highly entertaining. With a poor execution and only two scenes that will make you laugh, Planet 51 is at best to be a direct to video film than a theatrical feature.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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