Animated tale about an astronaut who lands on the mysterious Planet 51, thinking he has discovered an uninhabited new world. When he meets the planet’s little green residents, he confirms their worst fears – that they may be invaded by ‘aliens’. Oddly, the environment in which they live looks rather like America in the 1950s. Befriended by one of their kind, the astronaut must avoid being captured, recover his spacecraft and get himself home.
This is directed by respected artist and sculptor Jorge Blanco and produced by Spanish CGI studio Ilion Animation. Voices include Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel and Gary Oldman. From the writer of Shrek.
awesome & hillareous movie i love it
It is very cool it looks so funny and adventures
Although not bowling me over, Planet 51 is a jolly and good-looking animated feature in glorious 2-D.
A perky though not terribly imaginative feature aimed primarily at youngsters.
It's a missed opportunity. The premise is OK enough, even if it is like one of those old "Star Trek" episodes.
Agreeable but flagrantly unoriginal.
Sadly, that fate would appear to have already befallen Oscar-nommed Shrek writer Joe Stillman, who riffs on every sci-fi flick he can think of without coming up with anything clever, funny or involving. Well, apart from a love story between the NASA robo-rover (read: WALL•E) and a pet mini-alien.
We've been told the NZ release date for this flick is Thursday, 10th Dec 2009.
Release date: December 10th 2009.
We haven't received times for this movie in this location yet. However these are updated as cinemas announce them, so check back soon. Hopefully the lovely cinemas in your location will choose to play it shortly. ~Ed.
