Planet of the Apes

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Tim Burton

Producer:

Richard D. Zanuck, Ralph Winter, Tom C. Peitzman

Writer:

William Broyles, Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal

Release Date:

Jul 27, 2001

Runtime:

2hr

Synopsis

In 2029, an Air Force astronaut crash-lands on a mysterious planet where evolved, talking apes dominate a race of primitive humans.

Cast

  • Mark Wahlberg
  • Tim Roth
  • Helena Bonham Carter
  • Michael Clarke Duncan
  • Paul Giamatti
  • Estella Warren
  • Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
  • David Warner
  • Kris Kristofferson
  • Erick Avari

Letterboxd User Reviews

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  • Jun 20, 2025

    The ranking is canceled sorry everyone

    1.7K Likes
    James (Schaffrillas)
    James (Schaffrillas)
    Nov 18, 2024

    monkey mondays #46  was dreading this one all year

    1.1K Likes
    Karsten
    Karsten
    May 7, 2024

    Probably my single worst birthday movie experience.

    987 Likes
    Sean Fennessey
    Sean Fennessey
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    Mar 19, 2019

    Hey, great make-up, the money's on the screen, but even if Burton hadn't been entirely checked out he's exactly the wrong guy to make a hifalutin fantasy epic about once-dominant power structures terrified that there might be no return to the status quo. He's actually just…

    740 Likes
    matt lynch
    matt lynch
    May 9, 2024

    At least the costumes/make-up looked good.

    619 Likes
    Joe A
    Joe A
    Feb 2, 2019

    “In this temple as in the hearts of the apes for whom he saved the planet the memory of General Thade is enshrined forever.”

    489 Likes
    Matt Singer
    Matt Singer
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    Mar 10, 2021

    Do you think the monkey President at the end was called Aperaham Lincoln?

    437 Likes
    Mark Marshall
    Mark Marshall

    A waste of good character design and fantastic make-up, Planet of the Apes features garbage dialogue, clunky sets, an incredibly inconsistent tone and characters you couldn't possibly care about. If you have ever seen a pizza after the box has been dropped, that would be…

    345 Likes
    Cinemonster
    Cinemonster
    May 10, 2024

    Aperaham Lincoln. Paul Giamonkey. What a picture.

    302 Likes
    Tyler Whitmore
    Tyler Whitmore
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Metacritic

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Based on 34 Critics
4.9

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Mixed or average reviews based on 244 Reviews
63

Burton's made a film that's respectful to the original, and respectable in itself, but that's not enough. Ten years from now, it will be the 1968 version that people are still renting.

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Metacritic review by Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
50

With the exception of a battle scene with apes on all fours charging the humans, the film is monumentally silly.

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Metacritic review by Peter Travers
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
40

When Mr. Burton's Planet fixes on being entertaining...it succeeds. But the picture states its social points so bluntly that it becomes slow-witted and condescending; it treats the audience as pets.

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Metacritic review by A.O. Scott
A.O. Scott
The New York Times
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