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Planet 51

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Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel, Gary Oldham, Seann William Scott, John Cleese

Director: Jorge Blanco

Rated: PG

Showing: Southside Cinema, daily at 7:30pm

Runtime: 91 minutes

Animation/sci-fi

U.S. astronaut Captain Charles "Chuck" Baker (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) blasts off to Planet 51 - a world inhabited by little green men that resembles 1950s America.

They live in homes with white picket fences, flock to drive-in diners and adore sci-fi movies in which threatening humanoid-characters invade their peaceful planet.

So when Chuck rocks up, naturally they are fearful.

Warlord General Grawl (Gary Oldham) and mad scientist Professor Kipple (John Cleese) want to do tests on his brain - but luckily he finds an ally in teen misfit Lem (Justin Long).

Planet 51 flips classic 50s American vs alien movies on their heads, with the extra-terrestrials being terrified by a human invader.

There is plenty to amuse kids but sadly not much for parents unless you count a few dubious double entrendres.

The animation is good but the characters are forgettable and script is light on laughs and heart - bosses at Pixar and Dreamworks won't lose sleep over this invader to the cartoon world.

Watch if you liked: Monsters Vs Aliens.

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