MOVIE SYNOPSIS
Planet 51
Planet 51 is a galactic-sized animated alien adventure comedy revolving around American astronaut Captain Charles "Chuck" Baker, who lands on Planet 51 thinking he's the first person to step foot on it. To his surprise, he finds that this planet is inhabited by little green people who are happily living in a white picket fence world reminiscent of a cheerfully innocent 1950s America, and whose only fear is that it will be overrun by alien invaders...like Chuck! With the help of his robot companion "Rover" and his new friend Lem, Chuck must navigate his way through the dazzling, but bewildering, landscape of Planet 51 in order to escape becoming a permanent part of the Planet 51 Alien Invaders Space Museum.
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They look like "sea monkeys dancing to the oldies," notes a wayward NASA astronaut. He's speaking about the amphibianesque creatures on Planet 51, which resembles a cartoon version of the Happy Days set, with bulbous cars, streamlined diners, and a dim-witted populace enamored of scary alien invasion movies.
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MPAA rating:
PG
for mild sci-fi action and some suggestive humor
Cast:
Gary Oldman; Dwayne Johnson; Justin Long; Mathew Horne; Seann William Scott; John Cleese; Freddie Benedict; James Corden; Alan Marriott; Jessica Biel
Directed by:
Jorge Blanco
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Genre:
Action, Adventure; Animation Running time:
01:31
Release date:
2009
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