Review of Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) by Meow M — 18 Feb 2018

Fantastic, and Cara Delevingne is stunning.

This review of Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) was written by Meow M on 18 Feb 2018.

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

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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 Bob Chipman (153) for Geek (137) on 31 Oct 2018

The first five minutes or so are some of the most beautiful visual storytelling anyone has put to film in decades and one of the most forward-looking…

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By Tia S (28) on 25 Jul 2018

There is just something missing…

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By Joel Mayward (117) for Cinemayward (116) on 24 Nov 2018

Valerian is an imaginative, lavish visual feast. It's weird and wild, even wonderful…

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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 John L (999) 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 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 Jonathan P (1,108) on 13 Jul 2018

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

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By Johnny Gayzmonic (188) for Fanboys of the Universe (188) on 30 Oct 2018

The plot and script might be among Besson's weakest, but the images he puts on screen more than make up for it with their unique, inventive beauty…

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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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