Review of Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) by Tim W — 03 Jan 2018

I loved this movie! The characters and visuals were very cool!

This review of Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) was written by Tim W on 03 Jan 2018.

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

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By Sean Mulvihill (414) for FanboyNation.com (414) on 30 Oct 2018

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets has a gorgeous look to it, but so many other factors of Besson's sci-fi epic leave much to be desired…

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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 Nigel S (46) on 10 Aug 2018

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By Alex G (1,313) on 10 Jul 2018

Valerian was a movie that looked interesting, with decent effects, a solid cast, a setting with great potential, and a director who has done…

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By Grant S (1,780) on 24 Aug 2018

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By Youval Z (1) on 31 Aug 2018

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By Jake C (820) on 19 Aug 2018

The visuals are indescribably imaginative, surreal, and kinetic-while the plot is indescribably overloaded and convoluted, the casting and…

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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 D B (92) on 18 Jul 2018

Its not a deep film but overall I had fun and in 4k it looks stunning…

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By Eric P (911) on 11 Dec 2018

Thoroughly enjoyable si-fi action flick…

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