Planet 51 (2009)

An alien civilization is invaded by Astronaut Chuck Baker, who believes that the planet was uninhabited. Wanted by the military, Baker must get back to his ship before it goes into orbit without him.

Directors:

Jorge Blanco, Javier Abad (co-director)

Writers:

Joe Stillman (script by), Javier Abad (original idea by)

Stars:

Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Jessica Biel

4 wins & 4 nominations.

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 Voices (voice)
Emma Tate	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Rupert Degas	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Pete Atkin	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Rebecca Front	...	Additional Voices (voice)

Storyline

Lem is just an average teenager working on getting the girl and furthering his career at the local planetarium - except that he's an alien. At least to U.S. astronaut Captain Charles T. Baker who lands on Lem's planet hoping for a quick flag plant and a hasty return to earth and his millions of screaming fans. But on this alien planet the media has tagged spacemen as brain-eating, zombie-creating monsters, causing Baker to run for his life and into Lem's house. Now it's up to the green native to get the clumsy astronaut back to his spaceship before military dictator General Grawl and mad scientist Professor Kipple manage to exterminate the Earthly visitor.

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Plot Keywords:

outer space | hovercar | astronaut | planet | alien | 

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Taglines:

Right stuff. Wrong planet.

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for mild sci-fi action and some suggestive humor

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Portugal] Sony Pictures [United States]

Country:

Spain UK USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

20 November 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Planeta 51

Filming Locations:

Kingman, Arizona, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

TriStar Pictures, Ilion Animation Studios, HandMade Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

(at around 43 mins) A "Strange Tales" comic book is visible behind Lem and Baker. That was the name of the Marvel anthology series that started in the 1950s with horror morality tales. In the 1960s, it changed to science fiction stories about aliens trying to take over the earth.

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Goofs

Skiff's braces disappear and reappear in different scenes.

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Quotes

[first lines]
girl: I've never gone parking before. I'm really not that kind of a girl.
boy: Well, I'm not the kind of a guy who would go with *that* kind of girl.
girl: Why that's so sweet - I think.
boy: There's nothing to be scared of.
[as alien craft rears up in front of them]

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Crazy Credits

PRODUCTION BABIES: Jorge, Álvaro, Guillermo, Carlota, Javier, Eduardo, Emma, Nora, Héctor, Alba, Adrian, Julieta, Jimena, Noah, Max, Diego, Almudena, Bruno, Mateo, Emma, Melchor, Paula, Carla, Jorge, Isabela, Sandra.

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Connections

References Singin' in the Rain (1952)

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Soundtracks

Private Conversation
Written by Tom Cawte
Vocal by Alan Marriott
Guitar by Tom Cawte
© 2008 Handmade Films Music Ltd

User Reviews

A cute family film..

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! This film is made from the alien perspective. They are like the 50's Earth, they have the hippie guy, the youngsters who are open to new ideas that aliens are friendly. Frankly, I liked the film even though it wasn't epic or adventurous enough. This is a film made for the kids have a great time & I know they'll enjoy this. The thing I didn't like was that the love story between Neera & Lem seemed to be forced. Planet 51 is the hometown & Chuck the human astronaut is the alien in this film. It was funny at times & I think every youngster can relate to something in the film & the old timers can get a kick out of the 50's feeling.

I liked how it rained rocks & how the evil doctor laughed. Everything about the storyline is about the 50's. Even they have The Humaniacs horror film that is considered scary for their generation. The premise of the plot is great, they could have made it better. The voice actors Dwayne Johnson (Chuck), Justin Long (Lem) & Neera (Jessica Biel) all did a good job. You'll enjoy this if you watch this with some kids.

7/10