A Beautiful Planet

Name: A Beautiful Planet
Duration: 45 min

An exploration of Earth and beyond as seen from the International Space Station. Narrated by Jennifer Lawrence. More Details »

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Toni Myers

Release Date:

Apr 29, 2016

Runtime:

45m

Synopsis

An exploration of Earth and beyond as seen from the International Space Station. Narrated by Jennifer Lawrence.

Cast

Jennifer Lawrence
Samantha Cristoforetti
Scott Kelly
Kjell Lindgren
Anton Shkaplerov
Terry Virts

Letterboxd User Reviews

3.5

RATINGS 1 FANS

3.5

Mar 7, 2026

Jaw-dropping visuals, paired with an irritatingly unfocused script. Jennifer Lawrence’s narration darts around from topic to unrelated topic with little rhyme or reason — California water use, the effect of zero-G environments on human eyeballs, the search for…

125 Likes

Adam Forrest

Nov 14, 2017

jennifer lawrence’s voice is so calming.

42 Likes

t

Sep 1, 2017

IMAX was built for space.

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Juan
Jul 31, 2019

jennifer lawrence is so welcome to narrate my various mental breakdowns, if she so wishes

17 Likes

nathan

Mar 28, 2024

why yes, I am logging the movie I saw at the Science Center today

16 Likes

bantam19

Mar 7, 2026

Saw the glorious lights of Tel Aviv from space. ❤️

6 Likes

mNightFan07
Apr 10, 2024

+Out of this world (apologies) footage, filmed by NASA astronauts from the International space station. I saw this in IMAX 3D, so the visuals looked incredible. +Watched at the London Science Museum.

11 Likes

Jamie Nicholas

Mar 7, 2026

it’s hilarious to have high school dropout jennifer lawrence narrate an imax space documentary

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Mar 7, 2026

The weirdly long shot of the guys feet and the lettuce jokes were awesome

4 Likes

Griffin

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Apr 28, 2016

The film, produced in conjunction with NASA, also fulfills its inspirational function with screen-filling, soul-filling views of the main space station in the story — the one that harbors all our lives and hopes.

Joe Morgenstern

Wall Street Journal