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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Menace looming from attack on the Metropolis. It is in the hands of the Special operatives Valerian to safeguard Alpha and the future of the universe
27 December 1971, Porterville, California, USA
24 November 1958, Oran, France [now Algeria]
17 June 1957, Banbury, England, UK
7 March 1970, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
17 October 1984, Montpellier, Hérault, France
6 November 1990, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
24 February 1961, Paris, France
July 23, 2017
Reportedly the most expensive European production ever mounted, the visually extravagant "Valerian" throws every Euro of its budget up on the screen, but there's little buoyancy to its spirit and not enough thrill in its action-adventure.
July 21, 2017
Visually dazzling but narratively derivative and emotionally void, Luc Besson's out-of-this-world Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is a Pop Rocks movie.
July 21, 2017
It's a shame this sugar rush has no nutritional value, which becomes increasingly clear the further Valerian proceeds into its slight narrative.
July 24, 2017
It's the kind of film you can go all in with its flow and love it, or roll your eyes by how bloated it is and hate it.
July 22, 2017
The visuals are amazing, but the witless banter recalls Katherine Heigl and Gerald Butler far more than it stirs memories of Stanley Kubrick and Ridley Scott.
July 21, 2017
If nothing else, those who lament Hollywood's over-reliance on special effects have a shiny new example of such excess by way of Europe, situated in a faraway galaxy that mostly makes one yearn to escape into the sunlight of planet Earth.
July 23, 2017
A family friendly procedural space opera fantasy adventure... Nicholas Hoult (would) have been a better choice for lead actor... (the film's) not great - questionably good but definitely okay.
July 21, 2017
You come away admiring the effort while lamenting the execution, but swinging and missing is always better than not swinging at all.
July 21, 2017
As a complete motion picture experience, it falls considerably short.
July 20, 2017
Besson's trying to cram in as much as he possibly can, but the more he overstuffs the movie, the emptier it feels.
July 21, 2017
Utterly unreal space story from Luc Besson (he of The Fifth Element fame), who seems to have watched James Cameron's Avatar and decided he could make it sillier, more scattered, and less emotionally engaging.
July 21, 2017
A ripe visual adventure of limitless imagination hamstrung by an undercooked plot propelled by lackluster heroes.
