
Slaves and masters dominate the narrative of the faraway world of Ygam. Set around the lifespan of Terr, a minute human shaped Om slave, and pet, of the giant blue alien Draags. Escaping into the wilderness and with a device used for intellectual advancement of the Draags, Terr finds refuge and support from fellow Oms and using the learning tool, he finds that knowledge is power and then sets to use the new found knowledge to revolt against the Draag masters...... (Full plot summary below)
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Slaves and masters dominate the narrative of the faraway world of Ygam. Set around the lifespan of Terr, a minute human shaped Om slave, and pet, of the giant blue alien Draags. Escaping into the wilderness and with a device used for intellectual advancement of the Draags, Terr finds refuge and support from fellow Oms and using the learning tool, he finds that knowledge is power and then sets to use the new found knowledge to revolt against the Draag masters...
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| Portland OregonianDouglas PerryThirty-five years later, Rene Laloux's surreal animated film remains a singular psychedelic experience. For the uninitiated, think Yellow Submarine but way more arty, trippy and funky. Highly recommended. |
| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankeCult film that never was all that good and now looks pretty cheesy. |
| The A.V. ClubJoshua KleinFantastic Planet uses an accessible medium to show the evils of propaganda and express the need for individuality. Laloux's vision of a Dali-meets-Krazy Kat alien landscape populated by twisted creatures is quite striking, even if the film's psychedelic elements haven't exactly aged well. |
| CraveOnlineWitney SeiboldThere is a strange, dreamlike placidity that hangs - like a silent, terrifying fog - over René Laloux's 1973 animated sci-fi classic. |
| SFX MagazineIan BerrimanGrotesque yet graceful, it's a hallucinatory vision quite unlike everything you've ever seen. |
| TV GuideMaitland McDonaghEerie, surreal and a welcome respite from Disney-style animation. |
| Chicago TribuneNoel MurrayThis is highly engrossing science-fiction, a French-Czechoslovak co-production in animation. |
| Slant MagazineCarson LundFantastic Planet’s blend of straightforward, almost elementary storytelling (any missing context is filled in via a voiceover by Jean Valmont as the adult Terr) with heady themes and eroticized imagery marks the film as a relic of an era with much looser standards around the dichotomy of the children’s film and the adult drama. |
| EmpireAlan MorrisonSurreal and wonderful in a way not often seen from Europe. |
| Village VoiceGary DauphinAlthough the visuals are worth the ticket alone, Fantastic Planet also crackles with emotional and political resonance. |