Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

“It's a film filled with humor, charm, excitement and so many memorable images that many viewers will find themselves struggling to keep from blinking so as not to miss any of the eye-popping delights crammed into each overstuffed frame.”

Peter Sobczynski, RogerEbert.com · 100

“Valerian is at times so mind-meltingly beautiful and strange that I’m still not sure I didn’t just dream it all.”

Bilge Ebiri, Village Voice · 80

“Valerian is a film to wallow in, not follow, and if you’re tuned to its extra-terrestrial wavelength, you wouldn’t cut a second.”

Robbie Collin, The Telegraph · 80

“The difference between the film and its equally expensive contemporaries is Luc Besson's playful, childlike naïveté.”

Steve Macfarlane, Slant Magazine · 75

“Are there rules on how to make a space epic? If there are, Luc Besson has certainly never heard them because in Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, he takes the genre upside down, gives it a shake and rattle, and delivers one of the most positively bonkers films of the year.”

Jose Solís, The Film Stage · 75