Planet of the Apes (2001)
45 %
Reviews Counted: 153 Fresh: 69 Rotten:84 Average Rating: 5.5/10
Consensus:
This remake of Planet of the Apes can't compare to the original in some critics' mind, but the striking visuals and B-movie charms may win you over.
Runtime: 2 hrs 4 mins
Theatrical Release: Jul 27, 2001 Wide
Box Office: $178,094,583
Synopsis: In remaking this classic sci-fi horror film, director Tim Burton takes on a whopping challenge and succeeds. Astronaut Leo Davidson (Mark Wahlberg) is part of a space station crew that, in the year 2029, is conducting experiments in training genetically engineered chimps to perform... [More]
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth, Helena Bonham-Carter, Michael Clarke Duncan, Paul Giamatti
Director: Tim Burton
Screenwriter: Mark Rosenthal, William Broyles, Lawrence Konner
Producer: Mark Rosenthal, Richard D. Zanuck, Ralph Winter
Composer: Danny Elfman
Screenwriter: Mark Rosenthal, William Broyles, Lawrence Konner
Producer: Mark Rosenthal, Richard D. Zanuck, Ralph Winter
Composer: Danny Elfman
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Burton's singular vision is missing from this mishmash of a remake, part sci-fi, part adventure, part ape-human romance, but unsatisfying on any level. Mark Wahlberg's pallid turn doesn't help and neither does the PG-13 rating which proves confining
10/05/06
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02/09/06
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While Edward Scissorhands could have come from no other imagination, Apes could have been directed by any action director and come out fairly similar to this.
12/06/04
It is like an elaborate card trick that has 30 steps but the deck was rigged so that the card you picked was obviously predetermined
07/13/04
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02/24/04
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12/15/03
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12/15/03
...one of the most entertaining check-your-brain-at-the-door flicks in recent years.
08/01/03
Like Burton's Sleepy Hollow, another grim triumph of set design over story.
05/30/03
The apes of '68 may now appear more comical than scary but their 2001 descendants are truly terrifying.
04/01/03
Mark Wahlberg is no Chuck Heston, and Lady Liberty doesn't make an appearance.
03/20/03
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01/07/03
Top Critic
Planet of the Apes has talking monkees, yes, but it doesn’t seem to have figured out a damn thing about human behavior, primate behavior or, most importantly, even what it wants to say.
11/18/02
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