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A dutiful robot named Robby speaks 188 languages. An underground lair provides astonishing evidence of a populace a million years more advanced than Earthlings. There are many wonders on Altair-4, but none is greater or more deadly than the human mind. "Forbidden Planet" is the granddaddy of tomorrow, a pioneering work whose .. Read more

Starring	Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, Warren Stevens
Director	Fred McLeod Wilcox
Genres	Sci-Fi/Fantasy

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- Classic '50s sci-fi, surprisingly but effectively based on The Tempest, with Nielsen's US spaceship coming across a... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:20
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  The Benchmark...
  
  ...against which all other 50's sci-fi films are gauged. Based loosely on Shakespeare's Tempest it was by far the most sophisticated up to that point ... read more »
  
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  - David Wilkinson
  - Durham, England
  - 11 Aug 2005 at 20:14
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  Ancient rhymes
  
  Wow, do people who write stuff on this site have any understanding of cinema prior to 1990? It's scary when folk write that FB is old or even worse simple. ... read more »
  
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  - 01 Aug 2011 at 02:54
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  Sci-fi Classic
  
  One of the great science fiction movies. Explores the scary world internal to our minds. One that gets the children in particular thinking. Clearly a very ... read more »
  
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  - 16 Jul 2011 at 12:46
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  Groundbreaking Movie, But Only OK Blu Ray...
  
  I had this supposed 'restoration' on DVD for a while (2:35 aspect) where it was good - not great - but good. But in order to get it to fill your ... read more »
  
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  - Baz
  - 76 reviews
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  - 16 Feb 2011 at 00:28
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  Forbidden Planet
  
  Somewhat dated in production though enjoyable. Seems the obvious precursor to Star Trek as there are several features that follow through to the hit series, ... read more »
  
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  - Solihull
  - 05 Feb 2011 at 15:52
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  Forbidden Pleasure!
  
  This is surely the film that set the standards of the time.
  
  Wooden, almost deadpan acting at the start warms to great scenes of pathos, humour, ... read more »
  
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- - spock140
  - 74 reviews
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  - 01 Feb 2011 at 11:23
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  Classic Sci-Fi made shiny and new...
  
  Thoroughly enjoyable movie classic, restored to pristine condition.
  
  I had got used to watching 'Forbidden Planet' as a television broadcast ... read more »
  
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  - Hook
  - 14 Jan 2011 at 09:26
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  good film bad soundtrack
  
  This was a very enjoyable sci-fi movie. Its downside though is a soundtrack that doesn't age well and is constantly heading towards being annoying.
  
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- - jonners99
  - 5 reviews
  - Canterbury
  - 01 Dec 2010 at 09:34
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  Delightful, with suprisingly good graphics.
  
  A terrific transfer to blu-ray with vibrant colour and decent sound track. The moral stances of the actors/tress are stand out 'old fashioned'. Leslie ... read more »
  
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- - Grrroin
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  - Broughton-Astley
  - 05 Nov 2010 at 17:04
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  1950s
  
  Historically interesting, not least because it looks like a close relative of much TV science fiction. Quite well made but without the impact of major science ... read more »
  
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  - 21 Jan 2010 at 22:50
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  I managed not to laugh
  
  ... at Leslie Nielsen. I can't watch him without thinking of Drebbin and continually expecting him to do something silly.
  
  That apart, this ... read more »
  
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  The Benchmark...
  
  ...against which all other 50's sci-fi films are gauged. Based loosely on Shakespeare's Tempest it was by far the most sophisticated up to that point ... read more »
  
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  - David Wilkinson
  - Durham, England
  - 11 Aug 2005 at 20:14
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  Classic
  
  Well ahead of its time when it was released. Turned Scifi from B to A. Fifty years on it's still worth watching. A few cheesy moments but special effects ... read more »
  
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  - 10 Mar 2005 at 16:03
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  Brilliant, even today
  
  When I first watched this film I was for the first 30 minutes sat thinking 'This can't be as good as it looks'. It is. It can still cut when watched... read more »
  
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- - e300
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  - Chester
  - 06 Oct 2005 at 20:44
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  disappointed
  
  This movie is too old to be enjoyable escpecually being sci-fi...
  
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  - 20 Oct 2007 at 16:50
- - 4
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  Groundbreaking Movie, But Only OK Blu Ray...
  
  I had this supposed 'restoration' on DVD for a while (2:35 aspect) where it was good - not great - but good. But in order to get it to fill your ... read more »
  
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  - Baz
  - 76 reviews
  - London
  - 16 Feb 2011 at 00:28
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  Scary
  
  I saw this as a child of 8, when it first came out, the first time my parents took me to the Majestic in Reigate.
  
  The bendy steps were frightening, ... read more »
  
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- - Roger Nussones
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  - 12 Mar 2006 at 18:02
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  Jealousy
  
  I saw this film, at the age of 9, when it first came out. I loved it, but it was my first experience of how Americans attempt to solve communication problems by... read more »
  
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  - Perry, UK
  - 29 Apr 2007 at 10:24
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  forbidden planet
  
  excellent story very good
  
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- - ricky
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  - 15 Mar 2009 at 18:56
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  good film bad soundtrack
  
  This was a very enjoyable sci-fi movie. Its downside though is a soundtrack that doesn't age well and is constantly heading towards being annoying.
  
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- - jonners99
  - 5 reviews
  - Canterbury
  - 01 Dec 2010 at 09:34
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  Forbidden Pleasure!
  
  This is surely the film that set the standards of the time.
  
  Wooden, almost deadpan acting at the start warms to great scenes of pathos, humour, ... read more »
  
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- 959470
- - spock140
  - 74 reviews
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  - 01 Feb 2011 at 11:23

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