Release date: 4 December 2009

Running time: 90 mins

Director: Jorge Blanco

Starring: John Cleese, Jessica Biel, Justin Long, Seann William Scott, Gary Oldman, Dwayne Johnson

An astronaut gets stranded on an alien planet in this zany animated comedy.

Former muscleman Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson softens up to lend his voice to Captain Charles 'Chuck' Baker, an American space traveller who is sent on a routine mission to explore a distant planet. But when he lands on Planet 51 he soon realises he isn't the first person to have set foot on its surface. In fact it's already populated by little green people who are happily living a 1950s-style existence. To them Chuck is a scary alien intruder! With the help of his new buddy Lem (Justin Long) and robot companion 'Rover', Chuck must find his way through the puzzling landscape of Planet 51 back to his spaceship. But first he must avoid the clutches of gung ho General Grawl (Gary Oldman) and Professor Kipple (John Cleese) who wants to put him on display in their Alien Invaders Space Museum.

Screenplay: Joe Stillman

Distributor: Sony

You should see it because: It's a fresh twist on the extra-terrestrial story - this time the human turns out to be the creature from outer space!

See it if you liked: Monsters Inc (2001), Wall-E (2008), Aliens in the Attic (2009)