Planet 51 (2009) 8/10

Starring : Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel, Justin Long, Gary Oldman, Seann William Scott, John Cleese
Director : Jorge Blanco
Running Time : 87 mins

Lem (Long) lives a happy life on his homes planet, oblivious to the expansive universe that surrounds his home, spending his time watching cheap horror movies about alien invaders and mooning over Neera (Biel), the girl next door. But when he meets a real alien, in the shape of Earth astronaut Captain Charles T Baker (Johnson), he starts to question everything he’s believed in up to that point in his life.

I actually enjoyed this animated feature that takes the story of an alien invasion and turns it on its head. You can tell this was written by the same guy that wrote the screenplay for Shrek, and it has the same kind of energy that doesn’t patronise but simply amuses. The characters might not be as warm and likable as those in Shrek, but not many cartons could really compare.

You’ll like this if you liked : Shrek The Third