Review of Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) by Bk M — 05 Aug 2017

Enjoyed the story, and the visuals were stunning.

This review of Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) was written by Bk M on 05 Aug 2017.

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Lisa Johnson Mandell (104) for AtHomeInHollywood.com (165) on 20 Aug 2018

With such attention to visual detail, I will never understand why Besson chose to skimp on a sloppy, annoyingly cliche script, and cast a couple…

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Valerian leaves the audience feeling like they should have stayed at home to rewatch Avatar or The Fifth Element again…

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