Planet 51

"Something strange is coming to their planet...Us!"

Nov 20 2009 PG 1h 31m
Adventure, Animation, Comedy

When Earth astronaut Capt. Chuck Baker arrives on Planet 51 -- a world reminiscent of American suburbia circa 1950 -- he tries to avoid capture, recover his spaceship and make it home safely, all with the help of an empathetic little green being.

Plot

Lem is just an average teenager working on getting the girl and furthering his career at the local planetarium - except that he's an alien. At least to U.S. astronaut Captain Charles T. Baker who lands on Lem's planet hoping for a quick flag plant and a hasty return to earth and his millions of screaming fans. But on this alien planet the media has tagged spacemen as brain-eating, zombie-creating monsters, causing Baker to run for his life and into Lem's house. Now it's up to the green native to get the clumsy astronaut back to his spaceship before military dictator General Grawl and mad scientist Professor Kipple manage to exterminate the Earthly visitor.

Written by

Joe Stillman, Javier Abad, Jorge Blanco

Directed by

Jorge Blanco, Javier Abad, Marcos Martínez

Production Countries

United States of America, United Kingdom, Spain

Production Companies

Hand Made Films, Ilion Animation Studios

Languages

English, Español

Awards

3 wins & 3 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
59,893
Average Rating
6 out of 10
Metascore
39
Popularity
NA