Review of Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) by Tim Grierson for Screen International — 22 Jul 2017
Twenty years after The Fifth Element, writer-director Luc Besson has once again delivered a widescreen, sci-fi spectacle full of rampant whimsy, lavish effects and creaky social commentary, resulting in a nervy, go-for-broke opus whose audacity is more laudable than its execution.
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This review of Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) was written by Tim Grierson and published by Screen International on 22 Jul 2017.
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets has generally received mixed reviews.
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