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  • 1956
  • Approved
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
  • 1 h 38 m
  • 1956
  • Approved
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
  • 1 h 38 m

Summary A starship crew in the 23rd century goes to investigate the silence of a distant planet's colony, only to find just two survivors, a powerful robot, and the deadly secret of a lost civilization.

Directed By: Fred M. Wilcox

Written By: Cyril Hume, Irving Block, Allen Adler, William Shakespeare

  • 1956
  • Approved
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
  • 1 h 38 m
  • 1956
  • Approved
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
  • 1 h 38 m

Forbidden Planet

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
80
User Score Universal Acclaim Based on 12 User Ratings
8.4
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Summary A starship crew in the 23rd century goes to investigate the silence of a distant planet's colony, only to find just two survivors, a powerful robot, and the deadly secret of a lost civilization.

Directed By: Fred M. Wilcox

Written By: Cyril Hume, Irving Block, Allen Adler, William Shakespeare

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
80
87% Positive
13 Reviews
13% Mixed
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
80
87% Positive
13 Reviews
13% Mixed
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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100
If you've got an ounce of taste for crazy humor, you'll have a barrel of fun.
By Bosley Crowther FULL REVIEW
91
It’s quintessential ’50s male chauvinism, and Nielsen plays it with a man’s-gotta-do-what-a-man’s-gotta-do stiffness.
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80
This extraterrestrial version of The Tempest was in another league. [15 Jul 2017, p.32]
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80
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.
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80
The film's amazing strengths easily outweigh the odd outbreak of hammery.
By Adam Smith FULL REVIEW
70
Even as the SF cliches fall fast and heavy, this is great to look at, thanks to the sumptuous MGM sets and the fine animation and matte work by Walt Disney Studios.
By Dave Kehr FULL REVIEW
60
It's a pity the film, directed by Fred Wilcox, didn't lift some of Shakespeare's dialogue: it's hard to believe you're in the heavens when the diction of the hero (Leslie Nielsen) and his spaceshipmates flattens you down to Kansas.
By Pauline Kael FULL REVIEW

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Universal Acclaim Based on 12 User Ratings
8.4
92% Positive
11 Ratings
8% Mixed
1 Rating
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Universal Acclaim Based on 12 User Ratings
8.4
92% Positive
11 Ratings
8% Mixed
1 Rating
0% Negative
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Production Company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Release Date Mar 28, 1956
Duration 1 h 38 m
Rating Approved
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Tagline IT'S OUT OF THIS WORLD! (original print ad - all caps)
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Awards

Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
National Film Preservation Board, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Online Film & Television Association
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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