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Jul 21, 2017 · “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets” is an utter delight and one of the most gorgeous fantasies to hit the screen in recent memory—the kind of film that can take moviegoers logy from the usual array of craptaculars and render them giddy with its pure fun.
Jul 21, 2017 · Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets uses sheer kinetic energy and visual thrills to overcome narrative obstacles and offer a viewing experience whose surreal pleasures sometimes...
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- Luc Besson
- PG-13
- Dane Dehaan
- A visually stunning, but hollow romp.
- Verdict
By Jim Vejvoda
Updated: Aug 12, 2017 1:03 am
Posted: Jul 12, 2017 10:19 pm
Twenty years after The Fifth Element, director Luc Besson returns to sci-fi cinema with the vibrant, imaginative, but wildly uneven Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets.
Based on the classic French comic book series Valerian and Laureline, the film follows a pair of space-time security agents tasked with protecting an invaluable resource generator while also uncovering a vast military conspiracy within their ranks. That's the simplest synopsis for this unwieldy story, penned by Besson, that is often an incoherent mess populated with underserved characters.
Paced like an old serial, some "chapters" work better than others in advancing the main plot line. The story's biggest, most jarring detour -- when Valerian sets out to rescue a captured Laureline -- essentially stops the narrative momentum flat in a sequence that offers a lot of zany, kid-friendly humor which actress Cara Delevingne, unfortunately, can't quite sell.
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets showcases plenty of cool creatures and ideas for sci-fi fans to savor, but if only the movie's central characters and their relationship were as exciting and interesting as all that impressive eye candy.
Silly but exuberant sci-fi adventure has fantasy violence. Read Common Sense Media's Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets review, age rating, and parents guide.
- Luc Besson
- Jeffrey M. Anderson
- Dane Dehaan, Cara Delevingne, Clive Owen
Aug 6, 2017 · Review. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets review – a sci-fi plot full of black holes. Luc Besson devises a terrific opening sequence, then loses the thread as thoroughly...
- Wendy Ide
- 2 min
Jul 20, 2017 · Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets Rated PG-13. Pole-dancing Rihanna and the destruction of Mül. Running time: 2 hours 17 minutes.
Jul 10, 2017 · Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. What the Critics Are Saying. THR's Todd McCarthy writes, "The Razzies don't need to wait until the end of the year to anoint a winner for 2017," but ...
