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Planet 51 (2009) -- The inhabitants of Planet 51 live in fear of alien invasion. Their paranoia is realized when an astronaut arrives from Earth. Befriended by a young resident, he has to avoid capture in order to recover his spaceship and try to return home.
Planet 51 (2009) -- Hollywood 411 On Set goes into the voice-over booth with "Planet 51" stars Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel and Justin Long, who show us how they get into character and take us behind the scenes of the movie!
Planet 51 (2009) -- The inhabitants of Planet 51 live in fear of alien invasion. Their paranoia is realized when an astronaut arrives from Earth. Befriended by a young resident, he has to avoid capture in order to recover his spaceship and try to return home.
Planet 51 (2009) -- Short trailer for this animated comedy
Planet 51 (2009) -- Second trailer for this animated space where an astronaut becomes an alien on another planet

Overview

User Rating:
6.1/10   2,639 votes
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Directors:
Jorge Blanco
Javier Abad (co-director)
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Writer:
Joe Stillman (writer)
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Release Date:
20 November 2009 (USA) more
Genre:
Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy more
Tagline:
Something strange is coming to their planet...Us! more
Plot:
American astronaut Captain Charles "Chuck" Baker lands on Planet 51 thinking he's the first person to step foot on it. To his surprise, he finds that this planet is inhabited by little green people who are happily living in a white picket fence world, and whose only fear is that it will be overrun by alien invaders...like Chuck! full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Dwayne Johnson ... Captain Charles T. Baker (voice)

Jessica Biel ... Neera (voice)

Justin Long ... Lem (voice)

Gary Oldman ... General Grawl (voice)

Seann William Scott ... Skiff (voice)

John Cleese ... Professor Kipple (voice)
Freddie Benedict ... Eckle (voice)
Alan Marriott ... Glar (voice)
Mathew Horne ... Soldier Vesklin (voice)
James Corden ... Soldier Vernkot (voice)
Lewis Macleod ... Additional Voice (voice)

Rupert Degas ... Additional Voice (voice)
Rebecca Front ... Additional Voice (voice)
Vincent Marzello ... Additional Voice (voice)
Emma Tate ... Additional Voice (voice)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Planet One (UK) (working title)
Planeta 51 (Argentina) (Mexico) (Venezuela) [es]
Planeta 51 (Brazil) (Portugal) [pt]
Планета 51 (Russia) [ru]
Planète 51 (Canada: French title) [fr]
Planéta 51 (Slovakia) [sk]
Planeetta 51 (Finland) [fi]
Planet 51 (Argentina) [es]
Planeta 51 (Czech Republic) [cs]
Planitis 51: Episkeptis apo ti Gi (Greece) [el]
Planitis 51: Episkeptis apo ti gi (Greece) [el]
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MPAA:
Rated PG for mild sci-fi action and some suggestive humor.
Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parents
Runtime:
USA:91 min
Country:
Spain | UK | USA
Language:
English | Spanish
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
USA:PG (certificate #45479) | Singapore:G | Australia:PG | UK:U | South Africa:PG | Ireland:G | New Zealand:PG | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Brazil:Livre | Portugal:M/4 (Qualidade) (dubbed version) | Portugal:M/6 (Qualidade) (original version) | Denmark:7
Company:
Ilion Animation more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
All the female aliens are wearing dresses, the male ones have the "Donald Duck" no pants look. more
Goofs:
Continuity: As astronaut Chuck Baker gets tangled up in a planet mobile in the planetarium, his air hose becomes dislodged and his oxygen becomes depleted. Upon realizing the planet has breathable air, he removes his helmet, and the air hose is now reconnected to his suit. It is then again disconnected in the following shot. more
Quotes:
Glar: The times... they are a different. more
Movie Connections:
References The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) more
Soundtrack:
Also Sprach Zarathustra more

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12 out of 19 people found the following comment useful.
Good Not Great, 21 November 2009
7/10
Author: bluestrat70 from United States

I took my 8 year old daughter and her friend to see this opening night. There was a decent size crowd who seemed to enjoy it. For ESPN fans one of their long time personalities, who has his own video short series on the website, was there. But I digress.

It took a while to realize that it definitely was Dwayne Johnson as the astronaut's voice. He's created a great niche for himself in family films and I think he does good job. Justin Long was a good choice for the lead "alien" Lem and John Cleese is always a good choice as he did a small role as the professor. The role of Skiff brought good humor to many scenes. Sean William Scott was very animated in his voice acting for this character. Other than Rover and the hippie-like guy, the rest of the characters are just back drops without adding much.

We laughed quite a bit throughout the movie, which is mostly the point. There was plenty of cute humor with the dog-like robot Rover, who was a little reminiscent of WALL-E, a little. The down-side was that it never drew you in to fully connect, sympathize, like or dislike any of the characters. I didn't see myself rooting for anyone over anyone else. If the message is supposed to be about not judging anyone based on appearance, that message was shallow. If the message was to keep an open-mind toward what is possible and to learn new things, that message was under-developed.

Bottom line, the kids enjoyed it and we had a good entertaining night out. So in that respect it served its' purpose. The animation was suitable and I liked the 50's like theme of the planet. One or two adult humor jokes in there that could have been omitted and not change the movie.

For a family movie 7/10.

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