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Planet 51

Something strange is coming to their planet...Us!

In this animated spoof of the E.T. story, our hero is an American astronaut who lands on Planet 51 (a reference to Area 51 and the Roswell UFO incident), intending to claim it for America. Much to his surprise, the planet is already inhabited by curious green people-like creatures, who naturally speak perfect English. He ropes in a young boy to help him return to his spaceship, but they run out of time as the army draws closer, determined to deal with the alien threat.

88 minutes, Parental Guidance
Adventure, Animated, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Kids.

Credits

Cast

Voices of Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel, Justin Long, Gary Oldman, Seann William Scott, John Cleese

Director

Jorge Blanco, Javier Abad, Marcos Martinez

Screenplay

Joe Stillman

Music

James Seymour Brett

Editing

Alex Rodriguez

Sound formats

Dolby Digital

Soundtrack

Available

Made in

2009

Produced by

Ilion Animation, HandMade Films, Antena 3 Films

SA Distributor

Ster-Kinekor

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Animated
Language	None
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Frequent, mild and comic
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments	None
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity

Violence

Blood / Gore / Gross

Guns /
Weapons

Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs

Smoking

Disrespectful /
Bad Attitude

Imitative Behaviour

Frightening /
Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes

Tense Family Scenes

Music (Scary/Tense)

Music (Inappropriate)

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Ratings

Scale (Max)

International Media

Box Office (USA)Pam Grady A strikingly mild effort

Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert Although not bowling me over, Planet 51 is a jolly and good-looking animated feature in glorious 2-D.

eye Weekly (Canada)Eleni Deacon With its algae-coloured aliens, arrogant yet gold-hearted astronaut and precocious mechanical puppy, Planet 51’s formula makes it feel suspiciously like some hybrid adventure starring Shrek, Buzz Lightyear and Wall-E.

ScreenIt (USA)C. Fuchs An okay diversion, but really isn't the best example of an Earth-made, computer-animated comedy for some alien civilization to pick up while scouring the heavens for sign of intelligent life somewhere else in their universe.

Metacritic.com21 critics

RottenTomatoes.com97 critics

RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer Planet 51 squanders an interesting premise with an overly familiar storyline, stock characters, and humor that alternates between curious and potentially offensive.

Internet (IMDB)3395 Netizens We all liked this film

Average .. 43%

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