Planet 51 (PG, 2009)

Oh... wow, this was B.A.D. I try to give Dwane Johnson some slack, but wow.. wow wow wow. I couldn't keep my head faced towrd the screen. All I liked was the fact they pointed out that humans can be aliens too...

not funny at all

charcters are shot but not killed characters are slashed but not killed no one is ever killed only some suffer injuries

Yet another "kid" movie-- Planet 51 is a good idea poorly laid out. Although it's targeted at a younger audience, it's filled with crude and often suggestive humor. Don't waste your time on this.

It's not that it's bad...but there's one scene where Grease Lightning is played(there's a lot of innuendos in that song) It's not even that good.

This could've been a fun, family movie, but they really blew it with all the double entendre and several positively unsettling moments in the movie. It starts out with a couple of alien teens "parking" in the moonlight. Also, watch out for the remark later about the "duck". Worst of all, when the American astronaut stands up from an operating room table and his only clothing, a towel, falls off, nothing is shown, but a completely tasteless, tacky and vulgar remark is made. (I'm sure that was supposed to be a big laugh moment, but it was so over-the-top out of place, we just sat there in stunned silence.) This movie had it's moments and was cute around the edges and may be o.k. for older teens, much older, but it is no kids movie. I repeat, IT IS NO KIDS MOVIE!!! I won't take the time to discuss what could've possibly been the underlying political-social-spiritual themes implied by the abundance of head-in-the sand aliens, (aliens to us,) who thought that their small "five hundred miles" broad universe revolved around them. (The producers of this movie seem to be very unhappy about the idea of traditionalism and listening to your parents.) It's such a shame that you can't watch a PG cartoon with your children these days. We will not buy the blu ray!

This was a silly movie. I enjoyed the take-offs on movie favorites, like WALL-E and Singing in the Rain. I did not find it offensive. I actually found it pretty tame.

I think the violence was a little too much for the younger crowd (if they would even pay attention to it). There is firepower with weapons and two aliens are disintegrated by guns. Plus a later scene where a bunch are shooting at each other and then electrocute themselves (my husband found that part funny...at least). That is my main concern with the movie. The anal probing is a little overdone, but at a certain age they just think that is what to expect of aliens and I don't think most kids would think sexually about it. As for the penis joke, I didn't like it because it was haphazardly thrown in during what should be an emotional peak in the movie (the astronaut had just been rescued from having his brain removed). Past that, I wouldn't cringe from any age seeing this part of the movie. Boys have penises, get over it. It wasn't sexual, nothing about sex was mentioned. It was an obscure reference that there is something different down there. I'm assuming most little boys already know they have something there and any girl with a little brother knows too. After all that, there were some cute parts and I liked Rover. I've seen worse...

I was really dissapointed with this movie. I did not check the rating before I let my son watch this since I assumed an animated movie would be safe. But when my 6 year old mentioned a "funny place for an antenna" I researched it and discovered the other sexual themes. It's really difficult to teach your child about appropriate behavior and potentially dangerous situations when cartoons make light of them. I wouldn't recommend this movie at all, but if it were the only thing on, only to kids 13 and up.