Planet of the Apes

Andrew L. Urban Embellished strongly with Tim Burton's distinctive stamp, Planet of the Apes is an extravagant fable, replete with superb production design, extraordinary make up and imaginative effects. Highly anticipated, the film is likely to disappoint some who hoped and expected more than just a big budget special effects epic. ... Full Review

I just blow it off to this is a terrible movie. The audio in the film is also well done. It's just too bad the movie just wasn't too good. To make a long story short there was another landing of a space ship in the future that carried an ape. ... Full Review

The reboot of the franchise died in Tim Burton's worst movie of his career. There's a great story in there somewhere though. I ignore all the sequels to the original 1968 film anyway, except for 'Beneath. ... Full Review

It is a terrible, terrible movie; one of the worst films on Burton's resume. The good folks over at CHUD have an interesting story about a remake/prequel/reboot that may eventually see the light of day: It's not a sequel to the Burton film, and it's not another remake of the original. ... Full Review

OK, the production values and make up FX are high, the music is great, but there is little to take our breath away dramatically. Worse still is the bad hair that many sport (which even gets a reference in the dialogue ... Full Review

The best Tim Burton movies are also great for Johnny Depp fans.....Tim Burton pays homage to the stop-motion animation technique with this genius of a movie.....This movie is fun and warped with an off-beat sense of humor, typical style for this director.....Here he updates the classic Planet of the Apes franchise.....there are some great visuals..... ... Full Review

I continue to see "good" reviews for this absolutely terrible movie. I thought it was a pretty good movie, until the end. Great flick. The movie was great except for the last two minutes. Overall, it was a good film, though. ... Full Review

Here's the short of it: Tim Burton's take on Planet of the Apes is two hours of missed opportunities. Bottom line is, I don't think Burton is the sort of director who can successfully play in other people's sandboxes, and I don't mean that as a slight against him, as the same can be said of many truly great filmmakers. ... Full Review

Beyond the baffling decision to make the humans in the movie capable of speech (thus removing the central analogy of the original series The most glaring problem with this movie is the utter and complete lack of even remotely intelligent writing. ... Full Review

These moments play more like skits dreamed up by the "Saturday Night Live" cast while watching the original film. He and Helena Bonham Carter come off best in the film by bringing out their inner apes through their prosthetics. ... Full Review