Review of Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) by Iris E — 07 Sep 2017

Cardboard acting (hey, it's a cartoon!), gorgeous visuals.

This review of Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) was written by Iris E on 07 Sep 2017.

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

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By Jessica D (420) on 30 Dec 2018

One of the worst sci fi movies I have ever seen (and my husband actually agrees with me)…

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By Cameron A (296) on 16 Nov 2018

This film is visually splendid, but little else. The performances are okay (at least, DeHaan is okay, the rest are pretty choppy)…

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By Al B (45) on 04 Aug 2018

I loved it, interesting story. Great Characters! wish it was a little longer, would watch it again…

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By Lawrence M (87) on 10 Sep 2018

It hits that sweet spot of awful but not so awful as to be interesting. Painfully dull. The actors don't act…

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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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By Kyle M (2,387) on 08 Aug 2018

I commend it's efforts, but I just have no idea what was going on…

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By Evan C (181) on 27 Oct 2018

Terrible...just terrible!!! Absolutely no connection between the apparently romantically connected main characters…

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By Nguyen Le (136) for The Critical Movie Critics (78) on 09 Oct 2018

Pop in 'The Fifth Element' again. It was, after all, Valerian before Valerian was Valerian…

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By Alex X (11) on 13 Jul 2018

Another film with great special effects that reminds me of Avatar…

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By Sharronda Williams (83) for Pay Or Wait (83) on 12 Nov 2018

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

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