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By Gary Dowell (222) for Dark Horizons (452) on 12 Jul 2017

The movie could have skated by if the leads were at least charismatic and fun, but DeHaan and Delevigne are stilted and dead-eyed in just about…

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By Travis Hopson (923) for Punch Drunk Critics (518) on 12 Jul 2017

Valerian is like spending two hours in the Mos Eisley cantina while all of the TVs are set to episodes of Moonlighting…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 12 Jul 2017

Workshop the story, script-doctor the dialogue and recast the lovely leads with actors who generate a little actual sexual heat and Besson…

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By Josephine Livingstone (57) for The New Republic (897) on 12 Jul 2017

Valerian is funny, gorgeous, and full of the type of mindbending scenarios that remind you of what fantasies are for…

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By Vincent Mancini (369) for FilmDrunk (362) on 12 Jul 2017

An admirable attempt at spending $200 million to top The Fifth Element which succeeds visually but doesn't quite have the personality…

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By Kristy Puchko (422) for CBR (174) on 11 Jul 2017

It's a momentous occasion for the director and sci-fi fans. It's a shame it's not a momentous movie…

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By Joshua Starnes (554) for ComingSoon.net (2,031) on 11 Jul 2017

If you can find a screening which will cut or fast forward any moment when characters are required to speak to one another, it's a fun movie to watch…

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By Jim Vejvoda (203) for IGN Movies (1,472) on 11 Jul 2017

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets showcases plenty of cool creatures and ideas for sci-fi fans to savor, but if only the movie's…

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By Joanna Langfield (398) for The Movie Minute (398) on 11 Jul 2017

The moral to this story…

Review of Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)

By Luke Y. Thompson (1,447) for Cinema Runner (13) on 11 Jul 2017

we're not left with the fear of looming apocalypse or Thanos/Darkseid waiting in the wings, but rather a sense that our best selves can…

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By Soren Andersen (496) for The Seattle Times (964) on 11 Jul 2017

There is absolutely nothing new under the many suns in Besson’s universe. This is a voyage not worth taking…

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By Joshua Rothkopf (1,058) for Time Out (7,510) on 11 Jul 2017

This is welcome summer fare; if we’re going to have space operas, let them sing in the strangest accents possible…

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By Julian Roman (454) for MovieWeb (460) on 10 Jul 2017

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is stunning visually…

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By Soren Anderson (264) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 10 Jul 2017

Besson has built his movie around a core couple that has what amounts to negative chemistry…

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By Alonso Duralde (1,351) for TheWrap (3,203) on 10 Jul 2017

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets might well represent the apotheosis of Besson’s singularly loony brand of filmmaking…

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By Jimmyo (378) for JoBlo's Movie Emporium (1,959) on 10 Jul 2017

Valerian is weird, wild and kind of wonderful…

Review of Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)

By Evan Saathoff (31) for Birth.Movies.Death. (774) on 10 Jul 2017

Luc Besson's latest is a mixed bag you either go with or don't…

Review of Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)

By Susana Polo (25) for Polygon (677) on 10 Jul 2017

The first half of Valerian is a creative romp that I would recommend to many people, its middle is a grimace-inducing detour and its finale…

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By Bilge Ebiri (1,050) for Village Voice (8,525) on 10 Jul 2017

Valerian is at times so mind-meltingly beautiful and strange that I’m still not sure I didn’t just dream it all…

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By David Ehrlich (1,229) for Indiewire (3,631) on 09 Jul 2017

The first 25 minutes of this movie should be mounted as an installation at the Louvre and played on an infinite loop…

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