It is a performances centric movie

Did you people see the same film I saw?

Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

In this successful Spanish picture there are humor , rip-roaring adventures , action , thrills and many other things . It deals with an American astronaut Captain Charles "Chuck" Baker (Voice by Dwayne Johnson) 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. But on this alien planet the media has tagged spacemen as brain-eating, zombie-creating monsters, causing Baker to run . The planet is set in the 50s and even though much on the alien planet is round in design, nothing has wheels . There Chuck meets Lem (the name voiced by Justin Long, is also the abbreviation for Lunar Excursion Module. NASA's LEM was used as part of the Apollo program to land astronauts on the moon) , an average teenager working on getting the girl named Neera (Jessica Biel's voice) and furthering his career at the local planetarium . While , Chuck's command module called Odyssey (this is the same name of the command module used in the Apollo 13 mission) is orbiting the planet .Fabulous and amusing C.G. animated film , lavishly produced and achieving a big success . Gorgeous and astounding animated picture with outstanding and fantastic starring , an astronaut called Chuck and his good friend , Lem . Fun story of outland space plenty of adventures , bemusing situations , fights , chuckles , emotion , and action . Entertaining and solid retelling from Atresmedia Cine , the film division of DeAPlaneta's broadcasting group Atresmedia or Antena 3 , co-produced Planet . The whole piece of adventure teems with excitement , thrills , humor , astral atmosphere and being pretty amusing . The movie was originally going to be called "Planet One" but the owners of Planet One, who make children's and teen TV programs in the USA, threatened to sue . The film's producers chose to call the movie Planet 51 (2009), acknowledging Area 51, the supposed center of UFO investigation in America. Spain's animation output is now knocking on global market doors, boosted by the growing commitment of private broadcasters such as Antena 3 TV . Ilion Animation Studios' $60 million Planet 51, a Sony U.S. pickup, paved the way by scoring $105.7 million worldwide in 2010 . Formerly , the great producer , Julio Fernandez from Fantastic factory had produced successful animated pictures such as ¨El Raton Perez I and II¨ or "The Hairy Tooth Fairy", ¨Donkey Xote¨ , ¨Gisaku¨ , ¨El Cid : the legend¨ by Jose Pozo and ¨Goomer¨. Two of Spain's more anticipated releases — the $28.6 million-budgeted "Justin and the Knights of Valour," produced by Antonio Banderas, and Argentinian Juan Jose Campanella's $20 million Foosball are animated features.The motion picture was compellingly realized by a trio of perfect filmmakers as Jorge Blanco , Javier Abad and Marcos Martinez ,with a high budget of $70 million, this is the most expensive movie produced in Spain . Production lasted 16 months, roughly half the amount of time it takes to make a Pixar movie. Rating : Above average , worthwhile watching .

It wasn't half as bad as I expected. Planet 51 is directed mainly at children, and the humor is appropriately simplistic, which makes the infinite number of cultural references, of a type that was archaic when Pleasantville used them ten years ago, rather odd, because it seems unlikely that any child would get them, but there are enough laughs to make it enjoyable, even if the admittedly appealing premise runs out of gas after about fifteen minutes. If the movie tried to make a serious point about what makes someone 'alien' or about xenophobia and fear of the unknown, then it failed miserably. But as a piece of straight entertainment for the family, it's a fairly enjoyable (thoug forgettable) piece of film.

Hi fans,I've read many reviews here and while no doubt inspired by their personal viewing habits, etc., I can't help but wonder where our current cultures attitude towards enjoyment has gone.I am somewhere between crib and pulling one leg off banana peel and the other in the grave, and I thought this movie was way past amazing. It yes, had huge references to every movie you could imagine, but it was done so well with such class, that you wanted more. I do not understand the rejection to humor when its done so well, to the point your anticipation swells with every on screen pixel ;)When did America get so jaded that our expectations became so large ? Sometimes its better to just close ones mind to nothing but fun, because in this case thats precisely what you get.I totally get that some movies contain some bad acting; maybe the actors weren't into the part who knows, but in this case not so. It's a joy ride from beginning to end, although I think it barely holds onto its family rating in places. Those parts could have been left out, or remade with a bit more creativity towards the PG-13 side of things . I think we are continuing to push the boundaries of what is considered PG-13, and I'm not entirely happy about it. Where is it written that we need such visuals in a movie to keep peoples attention ? ;) Movies like 'The Forbidden Planet' come to mind. It even holds up well in this century.The animation was wonderful, the conversation witty, dynamic and well acted and the plot was simple yes and fairly predictable, but definitely not without spontaneity.I made a list of all the cute movie references I found, but I shall do it on my new movie website another time,so stay tuned.Minus the few questionable scenes I found, its definitely one for family night, if you enjoy amazing cartoon visuals set in a sci-fi theme , very nicely voiced and packed with humor.5,4,3,2,1....blastoff to laughter ;)

Planet 51 is a Spanish animation film that tells the story of the landing of a human on an alien planet where he is the alien.The film has awesome 3D animation, settings and colors, with a very charming 1950s mood that mixes the images on aliens that were common at the time with the fashion and style of the era. The most interesting thing about the film is the initial premise - displacing the concept of alien from the aliens to humans, which can apply to contexts of emigration and group integration.Despite the good premises and good style, the script -by Joe Stillman, the writer of the 1st Shrek movie- is mediocre, mostly addressed to children, full of stereotypes, old situations and jokes, and weak characters.A movie that will delight small children, but bore most adults.