Planet 51

Name: Planet 51
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Comedy, Animation
Released: November 20, 2009
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 39
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel, Seann William Scott

2009

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TriStar Pictures | Release Date: November 20, 2009 | PG

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 worldPlanet 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 and Jorge Blanco and Marcos Martínez

Genre(s): Adventure, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Comedy, Animation, Family

Rating: PG

Runtime: 91 min

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Adam Markovitz

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. Read full review

Rene Rodriguez

What's missing is originality and story and inventiveness. Read full review

Kirk Honeycutt

A perky though not terribly imaginative feature aimed primarily at youngsters. Read full review

Joe Neumaier

Movie references abound, but there's not enough humor to fuel even 90 minutes. Read full review

Todd McCarthy

There's nothing funny, provocative or involving about what "Shrek" co-writer Joe Stillman and the team from Madrid-based Ilion Animation Studios do with the notion here. Read full review

Cliff Doerksen

The script lacks wit, and the in-joke references to cinematic sci-fi classics will soar over little kids' heads without pleasing many adults. Read full review

Marc Savlov

While expertly executed animation-wise and passably entertaining for very young kids (less so, their parents), is still as dull as the hull on Rocketship X-M. Read full review

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EugeneZ

Dec 7, 2009

This movie is the SMARTEST animation that I've ever seen (along with

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LizK

Nov 21, 2009

It was pretty amazing, a felling good movie for the kids

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laurar

Nov 21, 2009

It´s the perfect movie to see with kids and have a family fun.

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MonkiReviews

Jun 26, 2017

Nothing special about this movie. The characters and story are forgettable. The animation amd voice acting were good though, which surprised me. It isn't a must watch at all.

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Cubixreviews

May 14, 2012

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.

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percy972

May 26, 2011

Its a shame that this movie didn't use it's smart plot to a benefit or I would have given this movie a higher rating if it had a better cast and if it was funnier, but like I said it falls too short.

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AngelaO.

Nov 28, 2009

What a disaster and what a shame! My son and I had to leave the theater before its ending. It is boring and disgusting!

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