Dwayne Johnson, Gary Oldman, Jessica Biel

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 i...( read more  read more... )t. 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.

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19% liked it

54 critics

PG, 1 hr. 31 min.

Directed by: Jorge Blanco

Release Date: November 20, 2009

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  • November 21, 2009
    i have not see it yet so maybe dvd will do
  • November 21, 2009
    esta muy cool es muy comica esta pelicula es muy coool
  • November 21, 2009
    Really quite an average film this. I think its a Disney movie but Im not sure, either way its lacking a lot in humour, plot, charactesr or some of the many good things from films like Toy Story or The Incredibles which blew you away.

    The graphics are stunning, as you might expec...( read more)t but for a kids movie the beginning wasnt really acceptable for my Alice at 2 and a half, it scared her witless. There were also a number of 'in jokes' for adults, one referring to a penis and another referring to something else adult in nature, again not really what you expect.

    The story was totally by the numbers, there were no loveable characters and the attempt at making a likeable wall-e type robot didnt work. And what is it with the number 9 these days? District 9, 9, another district 9 here. There are other numbers you know!

    Overall 2.5 stars was being nice. It wasnt very good.
  • November 21, 2009
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  • November 21, 2009
    eh i will give it a try
  • November 21, 2009
    send the film in my mail
  • November 21, 2009
    It ended abruptly but other then that the movie was interesting and had good quality... it was interesting to the see the point of view of us being the "aliens"
  • November 21, 2009
    All the good parts seemed to be in the trailer. Even my 6 yr old was bored and wanted to leave.
  • November 21, 2009
    i dont like cartoon film...

Critic Reviews


November 20, 2009
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle

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 ... full review

November 20, 2009
Kyle Smith, New York Post

"Singin' in the Rain" references? John Glenn? Cold War duck-and-cover drills? What time capsule yielded this script? full review

November 19, 2009
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Although not bowling me over, Planet 51 is a jolly and good-looking animated feature in glorious 2-D. full review

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