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By Rob Lowman (41) for Los Angeles Daily News (1,272) on 20 Nov 2017

The real attractions are Bresson's dizzying special effects, hosts of bizarre alien creatures and colorful worlds…

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

By Courtney Howard (393) for Fresh Fiction (404) on 04 Nov 2017

Besson's cinematic adaptation is as much a spectacle as it is a stinker…

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By J Hurtado (110) for ScreenAnarchy (469) on 03 Nov 2017

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is a supremely indulgent mess of a film…

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By Neil Soans (73) for The Times of India (879) on 18 Oct 2017

The visual sugar-high never killed anyone, and as far as escapist blockbusters go, Valerian and The City of A Thousand Planets is as imaginative…

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By Jordan Ruimy (242) for World of Reel (117) on 14 Oct 2017

If the result is problematic, we need more people like Besson to push the envelope and refuse to adhere to the current sequelitis infesting…

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By Matthew Bond (673) for The Mail on Sunday (UK) (704) on 03 Oct 2017

This may make sense to fans of the French comic-book series on which it is based, but it's so disappointing…

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By Sara Michelle Fetters (1,688) for MovieFreak.com (1,674) on 20 Sep 2017

Thing is, every time I had to focus on the two main characters, the noticeable holes in all of this started to grow bigger and become more bothersome…

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

By Joanne Soh (192) for The New Paper (Singapore) (342) on 18 Sep 2017

The film is pretty, but it is sorely lacking in substance…

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

By Keeva Stratton (79) for Rescu (Australia) (79) on 14 Sep 2017

Like the vast expanses of space, this film seems to drag on forever…

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

By Alex Bhattacharji (2) for Bloomberg News (117) on 12 Sep 2017

What trips it up more than questionable casting or even stunted dialogue is the epically confused narrative…

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By Nathan Osborne (34) for Film Inquiry (1,269) on 08 Sep 2017

Though visually enticing, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is bogged down by a bloated script and poorly written characters…

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

By Nicolás Ruiz (69) for Código espagueti (69) on 31 Aug 2017

The anticipated and ambitious film by Luc Besson is not exactly what we expected. [Full review in Spanish]…

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

By Pablo A. Scholz (320) for Clarín (492) on 31 Aug 2017

The story goes out of the director's hands, who had no luck in choosing his protagonist. [Full review in Spanish]…

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By Mario P. Székely (118) for Siete24.mx (118) on 30 Aug 2017

A kind of video of exhibition to show the HD quality of the televisions of the future... and nothing more. [Full review in Spanish]…

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By José Martín (128) for El antepenúltimo mohicano (311) on 30 Aug 2017

Fun, dynamic and with a story of incipient love that works perfectly to guide each one of the actions of its protagonists. [Full review in Spanish]…

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By Sarah Ward (538) for Concrete Playground (635) on 28 Aug 2017

Gleefully demonstrates that a barely convincing narrative and nearly two hours of sci-fi spectacle can still entertain…

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By Jesse Hassenger (800) for The Week (85) on 27 Aug 2017

It's unlikely another movie this year will match the concise and entertaining construction Besson chronicles here…

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

By Sebastian Zavala Kahn (303) for Cinencuentro (218) on 27 Aug 2017

The film goes from something extremely original and fun, to a much more predictable and traditional product. [Full review in Spanish]…

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

By Daniel De Partearroyo (89) for Cinemanía (Spain) (558) on 24 Aug 2017

It has more aesthetic stimuli in each pixel than there are stars in the sky; It's a pity that leaves the impression of a cosmic landscape drawn…

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

By Carlos Díaz Reyes (181) for Vanguardia (Mexico) (181) on 22 Aug 2017

One of the worst animated films ever made. [Full review in Spanish]…

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