Planet of the Apes

    Planet of the Apes
    2001

    Synopsis

    After a spectacular crash-landing on an uncharted planet, brash astronaut Leo Davidson finds himself trapped in a savage world where talking apes dominate the human race. Desperate to find a way home, Leo must evade the invincible gorilla army led by Ruthless General Thade.

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    Cast

    • Mark WahlbergCaptain Leo Davidson
    • Tim RothThade
    • Helena Bonham CarterAri
    • Michael Clarke DuncanAttar
    • Kris KristoffersonKarubi
    • Estella WarrenDaena
    • Paul GiamattiLimbo
    • Cary-Hiroyuki TagawaKrull
    • David WarnerSandar
    • Erick AvariTival

    Recommendations

    • 70

      New Times (L.A.)

      Perfectly acceptable, deliriously charming...a goofy Bmovie dolled up like a square-jawed A-list blockbuster.
    • 63

      Chicago Sun-Times

      Burton's made a film that's respectful to the original, and respectable in itself, but that's not enough. Ten years from now, it will be the 1968 version that people are still renting.
    • 63

      New York Daily News

      As a story, Burton's Planet of the Apes is more of a comic-book creation than either of his "Batman" movies.
    • 50

      Rolling Stone

      With the exception of a battle scene with apes on all fours charging the humans, the film is monumentally silly.
    • 50

      TV Guide Magazine

      This film is pure, empty (if gorgeous) spectacle, and the decision to loose the tongues of the ape planet's humans (they were mute in the original) undermines the contrast that lies at the heart of the story's power.
    • 50

      Boston Globe

      It's too psychically flat and dramatically inert. Instead of reinvigorating a Hollywood classic, Burton only takes it to camp.
    • 50

      Christian Science Monitor

      Burton is an imaginative director with a distinctive artistic vision, but his originality is nowhere to be seen in this by-the-numbers retread.
    • 40

      The New York Times

      When Mr. Burton's "Planet" fixes on being entertaining...it succeeds. But the picture states its social points so bluntly that it becomes slow-witted and condescending; it treats the audience as pets.

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