Planet of the Apes

Name: Planet of the Apes
Duration: 2 h

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

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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

2.4

RATINGS 64 FANS

2.4

Jun 20, 2025

The ranking is canceled sorry everyone

1.7K Likes

James (Schaffrillas)

Nov 18, 2024

monkey mondays #46 was dreading this one all year

1.1K Likes

Karsten

May 7, 2024

Probably my single worst birthday movie experience.

1.0K Likes

Sean Fennessey
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…

747 Likes

matt lynch

May 9, 2024

At least the costumes/make-up looked good.

622 Likes

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.”

493 Likes

Matt Singer
Mar 10, 2021

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

452 Likes

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…

347 Likes

Cinemonster

May 10, 2024

Aperaham Lincoln. Paul Giamonkey. What a picture.

308 Likes

Tyler Whitmore

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Based on 34 Critics

4.9

USER SCORE (244)

Mixed or average reviews based on 244 Reviews

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.

Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

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

Peter Travers

Rolling Stone

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.

A.O. Scott

The New York Times

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