Review of Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) by Jim M — 28 Nov 2017

Really good chemistry between Cara and Dane! Good story line, awesome CGI.

This review of Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) was written by Jim M on 28 Nov 2017.

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 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 Richard B (1,390) on 08 Dec 2018

This is one of those movies made for a specific group of people. It has great world building and I enjoyed the characters and concepts…

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By Serge L (642) on 14 Oct 2018

I think this film had many elements from the books that made it very worthy (i owned the books since I am a kid)…

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By David K (1,644) on 08 Nov 2018

Avatar meets Star Wars. Ok. Not worth seeing again though…

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By Colby Bryant (83) for Colbybryant.com (72) on 08 Dec 2018

All in all, I would caution ... (those) just there to see the visuals to think twice ... It felt like a complete waste of time…

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By Colorado B (11) on 10 Aug 2018

Visually stunning! Production design is out of this world…

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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 Nigel S (46) on 10 Aug 2018

Visually stunning! Production design is out of this world…

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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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