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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

2017

Luc Besson

Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne, Clive Owen, Ethan Hawke ...

5.7

15,907

Sci-Fi. Action. Romance In the 28th century, Valerian (Dane DeHaan) and Laureline (Cara Delevingne) are a team of special operatives charged with maintaining order throughout the human territories. Under assignment from the Minister of Defense, the two embark on a mission to the astonishing city of Alpha-an ever-expanding metropolis where species from all over the universe have converged over centuries to share knowledge, intelligence and cultures with each ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"A space oddity so high on its own supply that it makes “Guardians of the Galaxy” look like an Ozu film (...) Is Like ‘Star Wars’ on Crystal Meth, and It’s Almost Crazy Enough to Work."	NEU
United States	Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"The Razzies don't need to wait until the end of the year to anoint a winner for 2017 (...) And the Hollywood studio chiefs can breathe easy that, this time, at least, they'll escape blame for making a giant summer franchise picture that nobody wants to see, since this one's a French import."	NEG
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	“Valerian” manages to be both cutting-edge and delightfully old-school — the kind of wild, endlessly creative thrill ride that only the director of “Lucy” and “The Fifth Element” could deliver"	POS
United States	Scott Mendelson Forbes	"It stumbles in the middle and runs out of narrative gas, but the first act is awesome and, my god, it is a beautiful motion picture."	POS
United States	Stephen Whitty New York Daily News	"It never stops for a minute, yet it never goes anywhere. And much as it promises to take you to a thousand planets, it can’t find one sign of intelligent life."	NEG
United States	Bilge Ebiri Village Voice	"Valerian is at times so mind-meltingly beautiful and strange that I'm still not sure I didn't just dream it all."	POS
United States	Alonso Duralde The Wrap	"The kind of movie that soars beyond adjectives like "good" or "bad": it's sincere but overstuffed, visually gorgeous but dramatically clunky, and it represents a singular vision while simultaneously featuring two wildly miscast actors in the lead roles."	NEU
United States	Erin Whitney Screen Crush	"The latest from the French filmmaker is a dazzling feast of spectacular visuals (...) It’s Besson’s most ambitious film to date, and the most original big-budget adventure you’ll see on screen this season. But such ambition doesn’t always come without flaws."	POS
United States	Chris Nashawaty Entertainment Weekly	"During the film’s intoxicating first 30 minutes, for example, I couldn’t decide whether what I was watching was brilliantly bonkers or total folly. Then, as the story went on, it came into sharper and sharper focus: Valerian is an epic mess."	NEG

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