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Fantastic Planet Reviews

1973

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Set in a far distant world human beings or "Oms" have been domesticated by the gigantic Draags. Wild Oms however are a problem and are exterminated by the dozen. One domesticated Om, Terr, is able to escape with technology that may allow him and his kind to rebel against their masters. Read more

Starring	Jennifer Drake, Sylvie Lenoir, Jean Topart, Jean Valmont
Director	Rene Laloux
Genres	Animated, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, World Cinema

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- Are you ready for the struggle of the Oms against their oppressive masters, the 40-foot Draags? Something of a... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
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  A strange, beautiful masterpiece
  
  Laloux's cult classic has languished unseen in Britain for far too long, so well done to Eureka for giving it to a whole new audience.
  
  It tells ... read more »
  
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  - Savage
  - 632 reviews
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  - 07 Nov 2006 at 15:39
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  fantastically out there yet down to earth
  
  Fantastic planet is the winner of the cannes film festival upon its release in the 70s
  
  in a reverse of fates it is set in a fantasy world where human... read more »
  
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- - angloitalian
  - 31 reviews
  - 07 May 2012 at 17:35
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  whether it's in the past or future we should heed the message.
  
  This film must have been years ahead of it's time. The music was later claimed by many to be there creation. this film should be famously revered.
  
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- - supercritic
  - 10 reviews
  - 30 Mar 2012 at 22:47
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  1hour and 11 minutes of Salvador Dali
  
  Crude Animation, almost well not almost 'Very' Salvador Dali esque is all I can say.
  
  Once you get past the above the story is very good and ... read more »
  
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- - a_c_g_t
  - 4 reviews
  - 14 Mar 2012 at 23:26
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  A beautiful but disturbing allegory
  
  Mesmerising and surreal, this film has a powerful message (especially set against the backdrop of the 1970s) set in a world full of imagination but ... read more »
  
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- - Commodore69
  - 1 review
  - 09 Oct 2011 at 00:11
- - 3
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  Huge Imagination...A Lost Classic
  
  This is a film that must be appreciated for its time...1970's.
  
  Some may find the animation slightly crude..I didn't..I saw truly masterful ... read more »
  
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- - MasterworkSearcher
  - 3 reviews
  - 03 Oct 2011 at 22:45
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  Strangly Intreaguing
  
  this was a real surprise for me incredibly sureal and yet the animation and story made it all more beleivable.
  
  The world the people the events ... read more »
  
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- - Awarkle
  - 4 reviews
  - 16 Aug 2011 at 23:07
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  Amazing, strange, enchanting
  
  I see where L. Ron Hubbard got his Battlefield Earth from. I thought that was a great story (bad movie though) but Fantastic Planet is so much better.
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- - RobinJHunter
  - 1 review
  - 09 Jul 2011 at 22:32
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  A hauntingly beautiful masterpiece
  
  One of the best animated movies I've seen in a very long time. Absolute brilliant, well worth watching. I can't believe I haven't heard about this ... read more »
  
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  - BenCambell
  - 4 reviews
  - 04 Jul 2011 at 13:35
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  A must for SF fans
  
  Very imaginative if sometimes disturbing animation from this Czech/French film, definately worth a look and more entertaing than that Avatar dross.
  
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- - a customer
  - 08 May 2011 at 10:43
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  The benefits of co-operation
  
  The picture is about co-operation - both its theme and its production; the rather stark French script and animated drawings of the technique go well with the ... read more »
  
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- - Mountfalcon
  - 77 reviews
  - Ilford, England
  - 01 May 2011 at 06:52
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  A strange, beautiful masterpiece
  
  Laloux's cult classic has languished unseen in Britain for far too long, so well done to Eureka for giving it to a whole new audience.
  
  It tells ... read more »
  
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  - Savage
  - 632 reviews
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  - 07 Nov 2006 at 15:39
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  A Non-review!
  
  Sorry, this is not a review, since I put the disc in, and immediately ejected it and slipped it back into the return envelope.
  
  It supposedly has a ... read more »
  
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- - Dax Tucker
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  - 22 Sep 2006 at 20:47
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  weird and wonderful
  
  The great thing about animation is that the styles are truly infinite in their variety. So the sad reviewer who rejected it because the style was 'soo-o-o ... read more »
  
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  - Ludlow
  - 27 Jul 2010 at 18:23
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  An eerie & sinister masterpiece
  
  I've waited so long for this to be available on DVD and it was well worth waiting for. A story of humans enslaved in a world dominated by a race of '... read more »
  
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- - Keith Apperley
  - Hereford, England
  - 02 Oct 2006 at 22:42
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  A Beautiful Oddity
  
  Hypnotic and utterly unique. Grounded in surrealist visual techniques and humanist politics. Captivating. I had heard much about this film and it lives up to ... read more »
  
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  - jaywoolrich
  - 3 reviews
  - uk
  - 07 Dec 2010 at 20:38
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  The benefits of co-operation
  
  The picture is about co-operation - both its theme and its production; the rather stark French script and animated drawings of the technique go well with the ... read more »
  
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- - Mountfalcon
  - 77 reviews
  - Ilford, England
  - 01 May 2011 at 06:52
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  Fantastic animation
  
  A startling piece, La Planete Sauvage, dates from 1973.
  
  This Czech/French production was animated by Rene Laloux, and is both incredibly imaginative ... read more »
  
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- - MichaelJ
  - 16 reviews
  - London
  - 05 Mar 2007 at 17:22
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  I Stumbled Across a Gem!
  
  I remember this film being on the sci-fi channel years ago, but i fell asleep watching it as it was on at like 4 am or some ridiculous time.
  
  I ... read more »
  
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- - MadCap1987
  - 15 reviews
  - scotland
  - 19 Jul 2010 at 07:48
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  What a beautiful film
  
  It takes a little bit of patience to get past the first few minutes, not because there's anything wrong with those minutes but because of the culture shock... read more »
  
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- - pauldyson
  - 8 reviews
  - Beverley
  - 15 Oct 2010 at 11:12
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  Fantastic, erm, trip
  
  La Planète Sauvage (badly translated as Fantastic Planet) is clearly a bit of a cult movie. While the animation looks fairly crude and the storyline a ... read more »
  
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- - Electricvic
  - 66 reviews
  - London
  - 12 Apr 2011 at 10:16

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  Set in a far distant world human beings or "Oms" have been domesticated by the gigantic Draags. Wild Oms however are a problem and are exterminated by the dozen. One domesticated Om, Terr, is able to escape with technology that may allow him and his kind to rebel against their masters. ...