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March 9, 2010
- Synopsis
- An American astronaut believing himself to be the first person ever to set foot on Planet 51 gets the shock of his life in this animated adventure comedy featuring the voices of Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel, John Cleese, and Gary Oldman....
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- Starring
- Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel, Justin Long, Seann William Scott, Gary Oldman
- Director(s)
- Jorge Blanco
- Distributor(s)
- TriStar Pictures
- MPAA Rating
- PG
- Runtime
- 131 min.
Trailers & Clips
Critic Reviews
Entertainment Weekly | Adam MarkovitzAdd Critic to Favorites
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 the full review
Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites
Although not bowling me over, Planet 51 is a jolly and good-looking animated feature in glorious 2-D.Read the full review
Los Angeles Times | Glenn WhippAdd Critic to Favorites
It's a missed opportunity. The premise is OK enough, even if it is like one of those old "Star Trek" episodes.Read the full review
Headlines
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Fan Rant: Did "The Rock" Fumble the Passing of the Torch?
02/01/10 I'd forgotten those two words of blessing passed on from Arnold Schwarzenegger to Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson during the first five minutes of 2003's The Rundown until I re-watched it last night. | Cinematical.com -
Toon boom goes global
12/11/09 When it comes to the box office, animated films couldn't be a bigger draw. | Variety -
'Planet 51' scores in Spain and abroad
11/30/09 Spain's €60 million ($90.4 million) animated feature "Planet 51" has earned some $40 million in its first week of release in the U.S., Spain and Canada, making it Spain's biggest worldwide boxoffice hit in 2009. | The Hollywood Reporter -
Jessica Biel: Rumors About Relationship are “weird”
11/26/09 Speculation about a split constantly swirls around Jessica Biel and her boyfriend of two years, Justin Timberlake , but the actress says she feels "zen" about the constant attention. | OK! Magazine -
'New Moon' tops international boxoffice
11/23/09 The girl-meets-vampire sequel notched an astronomical $17,677 per-screen average overall. | The Hollywood Reporter -
'New Moon' tops foreign boxoffice
11/22/09 The girl-meets-vampire sequel notched an astronomical $17,677 per-screen average overall. | The Hollywood Reporter -
Review: Planet 51
11/20/09 As voiced by Dwayne "the artist formerly known as The Rock" Johnson, astronaut Chuck Baker is the paragon of all-American achievement -- that is, until he conquers a far off world with an unexpected population, one inexplicably steeped in our '50s-era culture and terrified by the prospect of an alien invader in human form. | Cinematical.com -
Review: Planet 51 Really Familiar—And Not in a Good Way
11/19/09 Sure, every story has already been told, but there still could have been a smidgen of originality in this role-reversal alien-invasion pic. | E! Online -
Critics Consensus: New Moon Wanes
11/19/09 This week at the movies, we've got hot teen vampires (The Twilight Saga: New Moon, starring Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson); a football family (The Blind Side, starring Sandra Bullock and Quinton Aaron); and some interplanetary mishaps (Planet 51, with voice work by Dwayne Johnson and Jessica Biel). | Rotten Tomatoes -
Film: Review:Planet 51
11/19/09 Through the same mysterious alchemy that gave the moviegoing public back-to-back CGI insect adventures ( A Bug's Life and Antz ), deep-sea fish adventures ( Finding Nemo and Shark Tale ), and films about escaped zoo animals returning to nature ( Madagascar and The Wild ), 2009 has produced two films about peaceful alien civilizations disrupted by human invaders. | The A.V. Club
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