Fantastic Planet

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Fantastic Planet

PG

1973

1h 11m

Sci-Fi

Animation

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This animated tale follows the relationship between the small human-like Oms and their much larger blue-skinned oppressors, the Draags, who rule the planet of Ygam. While the Draags have long kept Oms as illiterate pets, this hierarchy shifts after an Om boy becomes educated, thanks to a young female Draag. This leads to an Om rebellion, which weakens the Draag control over their race. Will the Oms and the Draags find a way to coexist? Or will they destroy each other?

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Critics Consensus

Fantastic Planet is an animated epic that is by turns surreal and lovely, fantastic and graceful.

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Judith Crist

New York Magazine/Vulture

06/29/2020

Humor and pathos underline a fine adventure story.

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Alan Morrison

Empire Magazine

09/09/2008

4/5

Surreal and wonderful in a way not often seen from Europe.

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Don Druker

Chicago Reader

09/09/2008

The film has a flat quality that cannot entirely be overcome by the sensational animation and the obvious good intentions of its creators.

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Diana Tuova

Spotlight on Film

08/12/2024

4.5/5

Fantastic Planet may disturb...with its content, but it is also strangely fascinating and thought-provoking.

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Sean Axmaker

Stream on Demand

10/06/2023

More fantasy than science fiction, this strange, metaphorical portrait, adapted from the novel 'Om En Serie' by Stefan Wul, plays out in a world as psychedelic as 'Yellow Submarine' but far more predatory.

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Josh Larsen

LarsenOnFilm

01/12/2023

3.5/4

A strange new world weirdly unfolds in Fantastic Planet...

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Russ G

9h

Unwatchable due to subtitles and REALLY annoying soundtrack!

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Michelle B

Nov 9

As heavy handed as it is grotesque, this movie desperately tries to get poignant but can’t seem to make it past bizarre. It’s short runtime is its highest achievement.

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Hope

@hoper Jul 26

Unique, provocative and enjoyable.

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Is W.

@weshenper Jul 24

Don’t do drugs, but if you’re going to anyway, please do so while watching this movie in the original French (with subtitles if applicable). Ah, La planète sauvage (“The Wild Planet” is a much more accurate English translation, both linguistically and in terms of the planet’s actual purpose). I love weird movies, and the French are pretty much professional weirdos. Also, please remember that animated ≠ appropriate for children… by American standards anyway.

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Damian W

Mar 8

Great to see while zooted

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Teddy B

Dec 28

One of the most fantastically horrifying dystopian films ever made by FAR.

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Synopsis

This animated tale follows the relationship between the small human-like Oms and their much larger blue-skinned oppressors, the Draags, who rule the planet of Ygam. While the Draags have long kept Oms as illiterate pets, this hierarchy shifts after an Om boy becomes educated, thanks to a young female Draag. This leads to an Om rebellion, which weakens the Draag control over their race. Will the Oms and the Draags find a way to coexist? Or will they destroy each other?

Director: René Laloux
Producer: Simon Damiani, Andre Vallo-Cavaglione
Screenwriter: René Laloux
Production Co: Argos Films
Rating: PG
Genre: Sci-Fi, Animation
Original Language: Canadian French
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 21, 2016
Runtime: 1h 11m

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