Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 17, 2011

| Original Score: B- | May 6, 2011

So inane that not only is adult enjoyment unattainable, even younger audiences will be on to its lack of intelligence and novelty.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Aug 12, 2010

Well and truly aimed at kids, Planet 51 is a film they will thoroughly enjoy yet which any accompanying adult will have lots of laughs in too.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 9, 2009

Just how much of this will be appreciated by children is questionable, but the film is clearly intended to keep them happy with lashings of colour, movement and cheesy jokes while older, diehard geeks can enjoy all the reference spotting.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 9, 2009

There's enough of a storyline here to keep younger space cadets moderately settled.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 4, 2009

A hideously annoying and emotionally blank tale.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Dec 4, 2009

It could have added up to something. Alas, any excitement is submerged by the relentless barrage of trite sci-fi allusions and nudge-nudge gags aimed solely at adults.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 4, 2009

Good fun if you can put up with the pastel colours and plasticky textures, which show that in modern fantasy animation all that pixellates isn't Pixar.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 4, 2009

It's frenetic and knowing in the modern manner, though, a couple of good gags apart, not very funny. Its patchiness merely demonstrates the gap between Pixar and the rest of the field - which is the distance between genius and talent.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 4, 2009

It's no shock to see Shrek co- writer Joe Stillman on the credits, because Planet 51 follows the exact same formula - slapstick for the kids, sly gags for the parents and a rubbish romantic subplot for nobody.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 4, 2009

This has the directionless, recycled feel of a script by committee.

| Nov 24, 2009

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...

| Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 24, 2009

Young children and adults with high pain thresholds will enjoy the movie during its brief pause on the way to your On Demand menu.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Nov 24, 2009

The whole thing is just terrible.

Full Review | Nov 23, 2009

This sharp-looking but unimaginative adventure hasn't the wit of similar kiddie flicks.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 20, 2009

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.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 20, 2009

With nowhere to go except toward that incongruous moral, the story is getting thin on the ground, obliging director Jorge Blanco to pad with the usual plush stuffing -- bland action and busy edits.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 20, 2009

The script lacks wit, and the in-joke references to cinematic sci-fi classics will soar over little kids' heads without pleasing many adults.

| Nov 20, 2009

Definitely a planet worth a visit.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 20, 2009