- Release Date: 2000
- Runtime: 105 min
- Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
- Starring: Garry Shandling, Annette Bening, John Goodman, Greg Kinnear ... see all
- Director: Mike Nichols
- Plot: A highly-evolved planet, whose denizens feel no emotion and reproduce by cloning, plans to take over Earth from the inside by sending an operative, fashioned with a humming, mechanical penis,... Read more
User Reviews
turned it off
Feb 08, 2008
holograf00 - yahoo.com
Feb 08, 2008holograf00 - yahoo.com
i turned it off at the end, didnt even care how it turned out... it had some semi funny scenes, more toward the beginning... anyway, what they were thinking casting gary shandling as a sex seeking alien i will never know...... Full review
It's so funny and totally makes fun of society
Jun 20, 2007
rachsosa - yahoo.com
Jun 20, 2007rachsosa - yahoo.com
I love this movie. This movie makes fun of our society and the relationships that we have with the government, lovers, friends, bosses, co-workers, etc. It compares men with aliens and as a women, men and their way of thinking do... Full review
Another of My Guilty Pleasures...
Dec 01, 2005
Isaac5855 - imdb.com
Dec 01, 2005Isaac5855 - imdb.com
I don't know why I'm afraid to admit it, but WHAT PLANET ARE YOU FROM? is definitely one of my guilty pleasures which I have viewed multiple times and still find highly entertaining. This cute and entertaining comedy stars Garry Shandling... Full review
More Shandling than Mike Nichols
Sep 03, 2002
Matthew Chong - imdb.com
Sep 03, 2002Matthew Chong - imdb.com
You have to be a fan of Garry Shandling's type of cynical-neutral emotion humour to like/appreciate this film. A little too uncomfortable for many adults who can recognise many of the aspects of the procreation process that is one of the... Full review
The greatest Decrescendo for all Time.
Jul 19, 2001
yellowdwarf - imdb.com
Jul 19, 2001yellowdwarf - imdb.com
This movie would have to be one of the biggest decrescendos of all time. From the start its incredibly funny, but as time goes by we find ourselves bored and its rather high rating drops significantly. The part of the alien... Full review
Wildly funny and original
Apr 08, 2001
mattymatt4ever - imdb.com
Apr 08, 2001mattymatt4ever - imdb.com
"What Planet Are You From" is a very original comedy and I was laughing the whole way through. Garry Shandling co-wrote the script, and plays the lead character well. Fans of Garry will love this movie. I liked the scene where... Full review
So stupid its funny; effective if your sense of humor applies. *** (out of four)
Mar 05, 2001
Blake French - imdb.com
Mar 05, 2001Blake French - imdb.com
WHAT PLANET ARE YOU FROM? / (2000) *** (out of four) By Blake French: Mike Nichols' "What Planet Are You From?" is one of the most honest comedies I can remember-and it is a funny one, too. The script features distorted... Full review
Cute, somewhat weak in areas, but cute with a touch
Dec 14, 2000
Calios - imdb.com
Dec 14, 2000Calios - imdb.com
I wasn't expecting much, but found the movie to be nice and not a waste of time. The story quickly gets to meat of the matter in how aliens intend to take over the earth. And the depictions of their planet... Full review
Funny Interplanetary Sex Farce
Sep 05, 2000
FlickJunkie-2 - imdb.com
Sep 05, 2000FlickJunkie-2 - imdb.com
This is a cute little sex farce starring and written by Garry Shandling. Harold Anderson (Shandling) is actually an alien on a very special mission. He must impregnate an earth woman to begin the infiltration of earth for eventual domination and... Full review
Gary Shandling rules . . .
Mar 14, 2000
Ysman - imdb.com
Mar 14, 2000Ysman - imdb.com
I have long been a fan of Gary Shandling ever since his show on Fox. He has a perfect way a delivering the dead pan punch line. Gary is perfectly cast as the emotionless alien who comes to impregnate a woman... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Aug 01, 2008Boxoffice Magazine
this lightweight but amiable comedy.... ... Full Review
| Mar 12, 2000observer.com
Judy Greer is good, too, as Harold's wacky first "conquest.
Unfortunately, the involvement of commercial air travel in the clone incursions leads to a painfully humorless subplot that wastes the talents of John Goodman as an aviation inspector on the lookout for post-Roswell aliens; he loses his job and nagging wife (Caroline Aaron) in the process.
... Full Review
| Mar 12, 2000Rotten Tomatoes
Judy Greer is good, too, as Harold's wacky first "conquest.
Unfortunately, the involvement of commercial air travel in the clone incursions leads to a painfully humorless subplot that wastes the talents of John Goodman as an aviation inspector on the lookout for post-Roswell aliens; he loses his job and nagging wife (Caroline Aaron) in the process.
... Full Review
| Mar 06, 2000Teen Movie Critic
What Planet Are You From isn't the funniest comedy I've seen, but it is certainly amusing.
Meanwhile, John Goodman plays an airline employee who is desperate to find proof that Harold is an alien.
... Full Review
| Mar 06, 2000Deseret News
And when Shandling's not getting the biggest laughs
And to make matters worse, an FAA investigator (John Goodman) apparently discovers his secret.
Goodman and Kinnear fight for the comic scraps he leaves behind
... Full Review
News
What Planet Are You From?
efilmcritic.com –
2007-01-04
What Planet are you from?
rossanthony.com –
2004-01-01
Admittedly, I love Garry Shandling. For those of you who don't appreciate his wry sense of humor and constipation-faced guise; well, probably you're better off missing this one. But for those to whom the name Garry Shandling means nothing, go ... Full Article
'Planet' spins out of control
sfgate.com –
2000-03-03
In another universe - though it is difficult to imagine which one - G arry Shandling might be sexy. Here on Earth, he's a mensch who presumably posted high SAT scores. He has a face women are compelled to slap. ... Full Article
Half way through the prologue, which rolls in the legendary Star Wars format, What Planet Are You From? had us bursting with laughter. The movie continues to delight with the often wry and always funny insights into the age-old struggle... ... Full Article
For the intelligentsia, What Planet Are You From?is a movie with a pedigree.It's an examination of modern gender issues and relationships directed by Mike Nichols, no slouch on the topic. ... Full Article

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