Review of Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) by Melinda S — 09 Aug 2017

Beautiful movie and beautiful worlds but HORRID acting! Its sad when the best actor is Rihanna.

This review of Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) was written by Melinda S on 09 Aug 2017.

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

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