Fantastic Planet

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Fantastic Planet

PG,

1973,

1h 11m,

Sci-Fi/

Animation

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91%

32 Reviews

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87%

5,000+ Ratings

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32 Reviews

87%

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5,000+ Ratings

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?

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

Jun 29, 2020

Humor and pathos underline a fine adventure story.

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Alan Morrison

Empire Magazine

Sep 9, 2008

4/5

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

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Don Druker

Chicago Reader

Sep 9, 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

Aug 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

Oct 6, 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

Jan 12, 2023

3.5/4

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

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Harry R

Apr 14, 2019

Terrifying and yet poetic "Fantastic World" is way more credible than many religions out there, and it teaches us a lesson that many religions out there teach us, and it does so in just over an hour. So doesn't really matter what is your belief or if like me you have none, you should watch this Dalinian fable and enjoy every creative detail.

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George S

May 20, 2018

If I were putting together a Cartoon Movie Top 10, this would make the cut. It's whimsical and weird. Surreal, yet coherent. It evokes a truly alien existence. Unfortunately the underdog 'how would you like it!' trope is in full force in this film which sees humans enslaved by a more powerful species. Trust me, it's been done to death. Christ, that sort of on-the-nose topsy turvy 'what if' fantasy goes back to Gulliver's Travels and was already a dead horse lain for the beating when Fritz made Metropolis. It really reeks of the sort of shallow thinking agenda pushing which was quintessential of Marxist Eurotrash all through the 60's and into the late 80's. Alas this film is pure 70's. The good weird 70's which is still good and weird now and the anachronisms and cliches which polluted that decade's art. Yeah, yeah, the film's as thought-provoking as a lava lamp but in terms of pure charm, innovation and artistry, I would have given it 5 stars.

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Rey R

Aug 13, 2017

Surreal and creatively F A N T A S T I C. René Laloux, 1973 Animated sci-fi.

Finn R

Jun 9, 2017

Unique animated French film about a planet where two separate alien species (One exploitative of the other miniature human-like race) learn to somehow co-exist. Surrelist and idiosyncratic with wonderfully trippy animation, La Planete Sauvage is an intelligent, philosophical experience that presents a universal perspective on the folly of the human race.

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Rey R

Apr 26, 2017

Fantastic Planet is very good. Very unique and cute movie that anyone would like

Ron S

Apr 18, 2017

Not as revelatory in the art or story as one would hope, but if you want a strange way to spend an hour it's not a bad choice.

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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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