When it tries to be the latter, it's no better (and sometimes worse) than hundreds of other titles in its genre. When it tries to be the former, it shows sparks of fun and originality. In fact, I'll go as far as to say not to even waste your time with it if you don't already have a 3D-TV.ĭirected by first-timer Cal Brunker, 'Escape From Planet Earth' is another computer animated kids' film that seems to struggle constantly with whether it wants to be a 1950's B-movie spoof or a feel-good family movie. However, when it comes to 'Escape From Planet Earth,' the fun almost exclusively comes from seeing it in 3D. The script contains a couple of terms of Deity.More often than not, when a movie is released in the 3D format, you'll read a review that says the additional dimension adds nothing to one's enjoyment. Brief sexual jokes include comments about probing and don’t ask don’t tell. A man misrepresents himself in an online dating service. After punching a man in the face, the attacker says it feels great to punch.Ī painting of a nude couple hangs in a man’s office. A character is chased by a throng of angry animals. A man creates a huge weapon designed to blow up planets. Characters fall from the sky without parachutes. Characters are shot with tranquilizer darts and jailed, or frozen in glass containers. A man is surrounded by armed characters and hauled off to jail. Characters use blast tape to blow things up. A man is repeatedly hit in the face with a broom. Why is Escape From Planet Earth rated PG? Escape From Planet Earth is rated PG by the MPAA for action and some mild rude humor.Ĭharacters engage in frequent cartoon violence including punching, threats, shooting, kicking and hitting. Starring Brendan Fraser, Sarah Jessica Parker, James Gandolfini, Jessica Alba.Įscape From Planet Earth Rating & Content Info Maybe aliens are more advanced after all! While Kip steps up to help his papa in a pinch, Gary becomes his son’s hero in this adventure. Fortunately this script focuses on positive family relations and parental role models, instead of the usual know-it-all offspring we see in earthling movies. With an all-star cast of voice talent and decent animation, Escape from Planet Earth could have been so much more. (Maybe they are not as smart as they think.) These messages might be subtle but one has to wonder why storytellers can’t come up with a more creative plot that doesn’t rely on the same hackneyed characters. And though the aliens believe they are higher up the evolution ladder, familial fights, nastiness on the job and competition between working women and stay at home moms happen on their planets too. Once on Earth, Gary discovers other aliens Shanker has imprisoned in an old warehouse in the Area 51 compound.Įxpect the typical kind of cartoon violence, punching, threats, food fights, tranquilizer darts and frequent gun usage by a bunch of faceless brutes in yellow hazmat suits. Scorch unknowingly becomes the stool pigeon that transports the final element for the gun when he flies to Earth in response to a SOS call.Īfter Scorch is captured and incarcerated by Shanker, the faint-hearted Gary has to leave the safety of his desk at mission control in order to save face with his son Kip (voice by Jonathan Morgan Heit). And to do so, he is in cahoots with someone from Gary’s planet. (Apparently Apple, Google and Facebook are all the brainchildren of extraterrestrials.) Shanker’s latest quest is to create the universe’s biggest weapon inaptly called a peace gun. Instead he captures out-of-this-world visitors and mines them for their technological ideas. General Shanker (voice by William Shatner) certainly isn’t interested in fostering intergalactic relations. (And yes, aliens suffer from brain freeze as well.) Their peace offering to Gary is a blue Slurpee. One has to wonder about that when the only good guys Gary meets on his mission to rescue his brother from the aforementioned bad military people are two 7-11 employees (voices by Steve Zahn, Chris Parnell). According to the historical literature on planet Baab, earthlings are the only race that is devolving rather than evolving. Escape from Planet Earth is bedeviled with stereotypical characters: bad military personnel, bad government agents, bad Americans, bad human beings. But don’t let the color change fool you into thinking Gary Supernova (voice by Rob Corddry) and his arrogant younger brother Scorch (voice by Brendan Fraser) offer anything different than the norm. The conventional image of the little green alien is passé.
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