Review of Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) by Dec S — 10 Aug 2017

Very imaginative. Good special effects. fun.

This review of Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) was written by Dec S on 10 Aug 2017.

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

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By Aaron N (493) on 18 Jul 2018

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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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