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Michael Phillips, A.O. Scott, At the Movies: POOR (cg) Michael Phillips: "Skip it." A.O. Scott: "Skip it." (Watch the full review...) 113 seconds, 11/21/09 Adam Markovitz, Entertainment Weekly: VERY GOOD (cg) "...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...) 115 words, 11/20/09 David Germain, Associated Press: WEAK (cg) "...an aborted liftoff when it comes to story, presenting a half- or quarter-baked premise of a human astronaut among little green aliens who, for some uninspired reason, are living the serene 'Ozzie and Harriet' life of 1950s America." (Read the full review...) 738 words, 11/19/09 Claudia Puig, USA Today: WEAK (cg) "When the computer-animated space adventure 'Planet 51' resorts to silly bathroom humor just 15 minutes after the opening credits, we know we're in for a sorry experience.... [an] insipid and disjointed comedy..." (Read the full review...) 367 words, 11/20/09 {Planet 51 has not been reviewed by People, Time, Newsweek, Us Weekly.}
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: MODERATE (cg) "Movie references abound, but there's not enough humor to fuel even 90 minutes." (Read the full review...) 146 words, 11/20/09 Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: GOOD (cg) "...a jolly and good-looking animated feature in glorious 2-D.... beautifully animated in Spain, and also uses the voice talents of Jessica Biel, Seann William Scott and John Cleese. It's perfectly pleasant as kiddie entertainment, although wall-to-wall with pop references to the American 1950s." (Read the full review...) 567 words, 11/19/09 Stephen Holden, New York Times: FAIR "The agreeable but flagrantly unoriginal 'Planet 51' belongs to the mix-and-match school of animated moviemaking that operates on the plaintive hope that familiarity is the surest path to the box office." (Read the full review...) 662 words, 11/20/09 Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times: WEAK "...bland, humor-free... Instead of spinning its spoof of 1950s sci-fi paranoia in new directions, the movie trades in potty humor and tired sendups of 'The Terminator' and 'Star Wars.' " (Read the full review...) 298 words, 11/20/09 Kyle Smith, New York Post: POOR (cg) "The jokes are far too weak for adults or children, at least on this planet, while the satirical subtext that is the sole point of potential interest is a jumble." (Read the full review...) 527 words, 11/20/09 Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: WEAK (cg) "...succeeds as a gently wry twist on 'E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial,' in which the 'alien' is a human astronaut (Dwayne Johnson) who gets stuck on a planet of little green men and has to enlist the help of a plucky youngster, Lem (Justin Long), to get home. But it's no great beauty." (Read the full review...) 581 words, 11/20/09 Rafer Guzman, New York Newsday: GOOD (cg) "As you probably know from trailers and posters for the animated 'Planet 51,' the roles are reversed: The townspeople are noiseless green beings with bulbous strands of hair, while the alien is an American astronaut... As jokes go, it's a good one." (Read the full review...) 278 words, 11/20/09 Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle: GOOD (cg) "...an innocuous computerized bauble set on a distant orb where the asparagus-colored population, so thoroughly brainwashed by alien-invasion movies, goes into paranoiac civil-defense mode when United States astronaut Chuck Baker happens to plop his lander near a picket fence." (Read the full review...) 566 words, 11/20/09 Nancy Churnin, Dallas Morning News: VERY GOOD (cg) "The plot and characterizations may be too predictable for this to become a classic, but the initial twist is terrific, and sci-fi fans should get a chuckle out of the title itself... Definitely a planet worth a visit." (Read the full review...) 374 words, 11/20/09 Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: VERY GOOD (cg) " 'Planet 51' isn't that good. It doesn't try to be. But if you are 8 years old, you probably won't mind that a bit." (Read the full review...) 485 words, 11/20/09 Amy Biancolli, San Francisco Chronicle: MODERATE (cg) "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." (Read the full review...) 353 words, 11/20/09 Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: MODERATE (cg) "An uninspired computer-animated feature that may satisfy undiscriminating pipsqueaks and nearly no one else, 'Planet 51' is a low-IQ 'E.T.' in reverse..." (Read the full review...) 358 words, 11/20/09 Ty Burr, Boston Globe: WEAK (cg) " 'Planet 51' is hardly worth the visit." (Read the full review...) 469 words, 11/20/09 Rick Groen, Toronto Globe & Mail: MODERATE (cg) "With one exception, everything about this animated flick seems reassuringly borrowed and thoroughly familiar and so soothingly 'known.' " (Read the full review...) 738 words, 11/20/09 Roger Moore, Seattle Times: MODERATE (cg) "...a good-looking movie, with a lush retro-futuristic design, a few spoofs that work and lots of bouncy '50s pop music. It's just low on laughs." (Read the full review...) 424 words, 11/20/09 Roger Moore, Detroit Free Press: MODERATE (cg) "You'll be eager to escape from 'Planet 51.' " (Read the full review...) 382 words, 11/20/09 Roger Moore, Cleveland Plain-Dealer: MODERATE (cg) " 'Planet 51': It looks good, but it's not that funny." (Read the full review...) 390 words, 11/20/09 Roger Moore, Orange County Register: MODERATE (cg) "Take me to your pedestrian spoof. 'Planet 51' turns the space-invader genre on its head." (Read the full review...) 486 words, 11/20/09 Roger Moore, Portland Oregonian: MODERATE (cg) "This first offering from Spanish animation start-up Ilion is a good-looking movie, with a lush retro-futuristic design. It's just low on laughs. (An American 'Shrek' alumnus scripted it.)" (Read the full review...) 416 words, 11/21/09 Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: MODERATE (cg) "Three directors put a lot of care into crafting this zippy contraption, but it doesn't have the personal vision to make it fly.... caught in a time warp, a place where parents barbecue behind white picket fences, teenagers neck in hot rods and kids read comic books about space invaders." (Read the full review...) 313 words, 11/20/09 Sherry Robinson, St. Petersburg Times: VERY GOOD (cg) "Kids are likely to enjoy the slapstick and the mild potty humor. Adults may just enjoy seeing a movie that -- unlike more derivative children's fare like 'Astro Boy' -- takes a stock situation and cleverly flips it." (Read the full review...) 440 words, 11/19/09 Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: MODERATE (cg) " 'Planet 51,' weak American script, good Spanish animation." (Read the full review...) 453 words, 11/20/09 Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: MODERATE (cg) " 'Planet 51' proves that recreating the '50s with aliens is a cute idea, but cute doesn't sustain an entire motion picture. The idea barely holds for 10 minutes before you start feeling as stranded as the astronaut." (Read the full review...) 419 words, 11/20/09 Roger Moore, Sacramento Bee: MODERATE (cg) "A genial but generic riff on sci-fi movie history, 'Planet' has barely enough slapstick to keep the kids interested. Children won't get the many sci-fi movie references - or the cork gag - and adults probably won't find them that funny." (Read the full review...) 451 words, 11/20/09 David Germain, Baltimore Sun/AP: WEAK (cg) "Back to the '50s, in a bad way." (Read the full review...) 624 words, 11/20/09 Roger Ebert, Denver Post: GOOD (cg) "The 1950s Hollywood tradition was that an alien spaceship landed on Earth and was surrounded fearfully by military troops. 'Planet 51' is true to the tradition, but this time the ship comes from Earth, and it lands on a planet inhabited by little green men." (Read the full review...) 553 words, 11/20/09 {Planet 51 has not been reviewed by Chicago Tribune, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, La Opinion.}
Brian Miller, Ruxton Alternative Weeklies: MODERATE "Handsome doofus Chuck is a chip off the Buzz Lightyear block, but 'Planet 51' lacks the Pixar polish (particularly in its writing)--still, it's not a bad knockoff." (Read the full review...) 232 words, 11/19/09 Peter Keough, Boston Phoenix: POOR (cg) "It's all a creepy mishmash of sci-fi and fantasy classics that director Jorge Blanco tarts up with an unwholesome preoccupation with pee, anal plugs, and homosexual anxiety." (Read the full review...) 159 words, 11/19/09 Brian Miller, Village Voice: MODERATE "...pleasantly mediocre CG animation tale lands an astronaut on a distant planet whose green, four-fingered, newt-ish inhabitants are living in an innocent, 1950s-style state of development.... The alternate-reality, Cold War-era design is cute..." (Read the full review...) 233 words, 11/18/09 Brian Miller, LA Weekly: MODERATE "An awkward European-American co-production, 'Planet 51' mainly succeeds at reminding you of all the better movies that inspired it." (Read the full review...) 226 words, 11/19/09 Andrew Dowler, Toronto Now: FAIR (cg) "You know you're in trouble when the backgrounds are more interesting than the characters. 'Planet 51' looks lovely... The characters, on the other hand, look like Dr. Seuss by way of 'The Simpsons,' pleasant but nothing special, and they act like E.T. by way of every rip-off since." (Read the full review...) 264 words, 11/19/09 {Planet 51 has not been reviewed by Rolling Stone, Washington City Paper.}
Stephen Holden, New York Times: FAIR "The agreeable but flagrantly unoriginal 'Planet 51' belongs to the mix-and-match school of animated moviemaking that operates on the plaintive hope that familiarity is the surest path to the box office." (Read the full review...) 662 words, 11/20/09 Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times: WEAK "...bland, humor-free... Instead of spinning its spoof of 1950s sci-fi paranoia in new directions, the movie trades in potty humor and tired sendups of 'The Terminator' and 'Star Wars.' " (Read the full review...) 298 words, 11/20/09 {Planet 51 has not been reviewed by NPR Morning Edition, NPR All Things Considered, NPR Fresh Air, Wall Street Journal, New Yorker.}
Todd McCarthy, Daily Variety: POOR "A high concept gets low execution in 'Planet 51,' a lame-brained toon that even kids will recognize as an insipid goof on sci-fi conventions." (Read the full review...) 645 words, 11/16/09 Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter: MODERATE "...perky though not terribly imaginative... 'Planet 51' is Sci-Fi Lite, running through the cliches -- no, let's make that the memories -- of old sci-fi classics with gentle jokes and cornball battles. It doesn't measure up to what's best in current animation..." (Read the full review...) 496 words, 11/15/09 Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times: WEAK "...bland, humor-free... Instead of spinning its spoof of 1950s sci-fi paranoia in new directions, the movie trades in potty humor and tired sendups of 'The Terminator' and 'Star Wars.' " (Read the full review...) 298 words, 11/20/09 Stephen Holden, New York Times: FAIR "The agreeable but flagrantly unoriginal 'Planet 51' belongs to the mix-and-match school of animated moviemaking that operates on the plaintive hope that familiarity is the surest path to the box office." (Read the full review...) 662 words, 11/20/09 {Planet 51 has not been reviewed by Wall Street Journal.}
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: MODERATE (cg) "Movie references abound, but there's not enough humor to fuel even 90 minutes." (Read the full review...) 146 words, 11/20/09 Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: GOOD (cg) "...a jolly and good-looking animated feature in glorious 2-D.... beautifully animated in Spain, and also uses the voice talents of Jessica Biel, Seann William Scott and John Cleese. It's perfectly pleasant as kiddie entertainment, although wall-to-wall with pop references to the American 1950s." (Read the full review...) 567 words, 11/19/09 Stephen Holden, New York Times: FAIR "The agreeable but flagrantly unoriginal 'Planet 51' belongs to the mix-and-match school of animated moviemaking that operates on the plaintive hope that familiarity is the surest path to the box office." (Read the full review...) 662 words, 11/20/09 Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times: WEAK "...bland, humor-free... Instead of spinning its spoof of 1950s sci-fi paranoia in new directions, the movie trades in potty humor and tired sendups of 'The Terminator' and 'Star Wars.' " (Read the full review...) 298 words, 11/20/09 Kyle Smith, New York Post: POOR (cg) "The jokes are far too weak for adults or children, at least on this planet, while the satirical subtext that is the sole point of potential interest is a jumble." (Read the full review...) 527 words, 11/20/09 Rafer Guzman, New York Newsday: GOOD (cg) "As you probably know from trailers and posters for the animated 'Planet 51,' the roles are reversed: The townspeople are noiseless green beings with bulbous strands of hair, while the alien is an American astronaut... As jokes go, it's a good one." (Read the full review...) 278 words, 11/20/09 Rick Groen, Toronto Globe & Mail: MODERATE (cg) "With one exception, everything about this animated flick seems reassuringly borrowed and thoroughly familiar and so soothingly 'known.' " (Read the full review...) 738 words, 11/20/09 Brian Miller, Village Voice: MODERATE "...pleasantly mediocre CG animation tale lands an astronaut on a distant planet whose green, four-fingered, newt-ish inhabitants are living in an innocent, 1950s-style state of development.... The alternate-reality, Cold War-era design is cute..." (Read the full review...) 233 words, 11/18/09 Roger Moore, Orange County Register: MODERATE (cg) "Take me to your pedestrian spoof. 'Planet 51' turns the space-invader genre on its head." (Read the full review...) 486 words, 11/20/09 Brian Miller, LA Weekly: MODERATE "An awkward European-American co-production, 'Planet 51' mainly succeeds at reminding you of all the better movies that inspired it." (Read the full review...) 226 words, 11/19/09 Andrew Dowler, Toronto Now: FAIR (cg) "You know you're in trouble when the backgrounds are more interesting than the characters. 'Planet 51' looks lovely... The characters, on the other hand, look like Dr. Seuss by way of 'The Simpsons,' pleasant but nothing special, and they act like E.T. by way of every rip-off since." (Read the full review...) 264 words, 11/19/09 {Planet 51 has not been reviewed by Chicago Tribune, La Opinion, New York Magazine.}
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: WEAK (cg) "...succeeds as a gently wry twist on 'E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial,' in which the 'alien' is a human astronaut (Dwayne Johnson) who gets stuck on a planet of little green men and has to enlist the help of a plucky youngster, Lem (Justin Long), to get home. But it's no great beauty." (Read the full review...) 581 words, 11/20/09 Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle: GOOD (cg) "...an innocuous computerized bauble set on a distant orb where the asparagus-colored population, so thoroughly brainwashed by alien-invasion movies, goes into paranoiac civil-defense mode when United States astronaut Chuck Baker happens to plop his lander near a picket fence." (Read the full review...) 566 words, 11/20/09 Nancy Churnin, Dallas Morning News: VERY GOOD (cg) "The plot and characterizations may be too predictable for this to become a classic, but the initial twist is terrific, and sci-fi fans should get a chuckle out of the title itself... Definitely a planet worth a visit." (Read the full review...) 374 words, 11/20/09 Amy Biancolli, San Francisco Chronicle: MODERATE (cg) "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." (Read the full review...) 353 words, 11/20/09 Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: MODERATE (cg) "An uninspired computer-animated feature that may satisfy undiscriminating pipsqueaks and nearly no one else, 'Planet 51' is a low-IQ 'E.T.' in reverse..." (Read the full review...) 358 words, 11/20/09 Ty Burr, Boston Globe: WEAK (cg) " 'Planet 51' is hardly worth the visit." (Read the full review...) 469 words, 11/20/09 Roger Moore, Detroit Free Press: MODERATE (cg) "You'll be eager to escape from 'Planet 51.' " (Read the full review...) 382 words, 11/20/09 {Planet 51 has not been reviewed by Atlanta Journal-Constitution.}
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: VERY GOOD (cg) " 'Planet 51' isn't that good. It doesn't try to be. But if you are 8 years old, you probably won't mind that a bit." (Read the full review...) 485 words, 11/20/09 Roger Moore, Seattle Times: MODERATE (cg) "...a good-looking movie, with a lush retro-futuristic design, a few spoofs that work and lots of bouncy '50s pop music. It's just low on laughs." (Read the full review...) 424 words, 11/20/09 Roger Moore, Cleveland Plain-Dealer: MODERATE (cg) " 'Planet 51': It looks good, but it's not that funny." (Read the full review...) 390 words, 11/20/09 Roger Moore, Portland Oregonian: MODERATE (cg) "This first offering from Spanish animation start-up Ilion is a good-looking movie, with a lush retro-futuristic design. It's just low on laughs. (An American 'Shrek' alumnus scripted it.)" (Read the full review...) 416 words, 11/21/09 Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: MODERATE (cg) "Three directors put a lot of care into crafting this zippy contraption, but it doesn't have the personal vision to make it fly.... caught in a time warp, a place where parents barbecue behind white picket fences, teenagers neck in hot rods and kids read comic books about space invaders." (Read the full review...) 313 words, 11/20/09 Sherry Robinson, St. Petersburg Times: VERY GOOD (cg) "Kids are likely to enjoy the slapstick and the mild potty humor. Adults may just enjoy seeing a movie that -- unlike more derivative children's fare like 'Astro Boy' -- takes a stock situation and cleverly flips it." (Read the full review...) 440 words, 11/19/09 Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: MODERATE (cg) " 'Planet 51,' weak American script, good Spanish animation." (Read the full review...) 453 words, 11/20/09 Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: MODERATE (cg) " 'Planet 51' proves that recreating the '50s with aliens is a cute idea, but cute doesn't sustain an entire motion picture. The idea barely holds for 10 minutes before you start feeling as stranded as the astronaut." (Read the full review...) 419 words, 11/20/09 Roger Moore, Sacramento Bee: MODERATE (cg) "A genial but generic riff on sci-fi movie history, 'Planet' has barely enough slapstick to keep the kids interested. Children won't get the many sci-fi movie references - or the cork gag - and adults probably won't find them that funny." (Read the full review...) 451 words, 11/20/09 David Germain, Baltimore Sun/AP: WEAK (cg) "Back to the '50s, in a bad way." (Read the full review...) 624 words, 11/20/09 Roger Ebert, Denver Post: GOOD (cg) "The 1950s Hollywood tradition was that an alien spaceship landed on Earth and was surrounded fearfully by military troops. 'Planet 51' is true to the tradition, but this time the ship comes from Earth, and it lands on a planet inhabited by little green men." (Read the full review...) 553 words, 11/20/09 {Planet 51 has not been reviewed by Minneapolis Star-Tribune.}
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