Escape from Planet Earth

Escape from Planet Earth is a 2013 Canadian-American 3D computer animated science fiction comedy film produced by Rainmaker Entertainment and distributed by The Weinstein Company in the United States and Alliance Films in Canada, directed by Cal Brunker, with a screenplay which he co-wrote with Bob Barlen. The film was released on February 15, 2013 and earned $74.6 million against a $40 million budget.

Plot
On the planet Baab, dashing astronaut Scorch Supernova (Brendan Fraser) is a national hero and master of daring rescues. However, Scorch does not work alone; his nerdy brother, Gary (Rob Corddry), head of mission control at BASA, often lends quiet, behind-the-scenes support. When a distress signal arrives from a dangerous planet, Scorch ignores Gary's warnings and sets out on a rescue mission. Scorch soon finds himself caught in a trap set by an evil enemy, and it's up to Gary to save him.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) To start, this movie is a huge carbon copy of the 2009 animated film Planet 51, only with the character species being reversed.
 * 2) Some of the characters can be bland or unlikeable, to begin with;
 * 3) * Scorch is an annoying and unlikable jerk who's overly reckless and does not even care about his own brother to the point where he's a Gary Stu towards his planet, Baab.
 * 4) * General Shanker is completely obviously weak and forced as the main villain and it makes Lena look like the actual villain. He is also basically a humanized version of Grawl from Planet 51.
 * 5) * The imprisoned aliens are rather pointless, as they barely do anything in the whole entire movie.
 * 6) Several plot holes and inconsistencies: particularly, when Gary first meets the two humans they don't seem to understand him, but when they try to find Scorch's ship and meet them, they are suddenly able to talk to them. Also, when they return to their home planet Baab, Lena is absent for some reason.
 * 7) Weak humor, with plenty of it being obnoxious fart jokes and the overuse of unnecessary cartoon sound effects that feel out-of-place.
 * 8) * It also featured unnecessary pop-culture references; particularly how, mh:greatestmovies:Close Encounters of the Third Kind and mh:greatestmovies:E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial are referenced.
 * 9) The script of the film has gone through several re-writes in production, and it shows.
 * 10) Blatant product placement: Especially, there is a scene at 7-Eleven. Another example is in a scene where it is mentioned that Shanker has made deals with companies such as Apple Inc., Google, and Pixar.
 * 11) * In fact, the concept of aliens inventing various technology for Shanker to rip off and sell to humans is an insult to mankind.
 * 12) Several sequences seem to serve no reason to be in the film at all, and thus come across as filler. Examples include:
 * 13) * The romance storyline between Shanker and Lena.
 * 14) * A couch gag scene where the prison aliens cause a food fight around the cafeteria.
 * 15) * The ending marriage between Scorch and Gabby.
 * 16) The action scenes are so lame to the point where even the action scenes from Planet 51 are better.
 * 17) Mediocre character designs, with several of them being unoriginal:
 * 18) * The alien designs are basically both the aliens from Planet 51 and the titular protagonist from mh:greatestmovies:Megamind if they were mashed together.
 * 19) * The guys in the hazmat suits very much resemble the CDA agents from mh:greatestmovies:Monsters, Inc..
 * 20) * Most of the designs for the humans, aside from Shanker, look rather uncanny.
 * 21) Laughable dialogue mainly due to the script being rewritten 17 times, particularly the overused catchphrase "Scorch Me Baby".
 * 22) False advertising: The city (which appears in the theatrical poster and the cover of the DVD release) that the characters are in never appears in the movie.
 * 23) Pointless cameo of Simon Cowell, which didn't age well.

Good Qualities

 * 1) Decent animation thanks to Rainmaker Entertainment.
 * 2) The voice acting is alright.
 * 3) Great soundtrack, composed by Aaron Zigman.
 * 4) * In particular, "Shooting Star" by Owl City, who also worked for Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole ("To the Sky") and Wreck-It Ralph ("When Can I See You Again?"), is actually pretty good.
 * 5) One of the aliens is a nice nod to classic space aliens.
 * 6) Some moments here and there are funny, such as a Hazmat guy playing the Piano.
 * 7) While most of the plot is generic, the concept of a prison break from Area 51 is an interesting one, if poorly executed.

Reception
Escape from Planet Earth received generally negative reviews from critics. Based on 43 reviews, the film holds a rotten rating of 35% on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, with an average rating of 4.62/10, but lacks a critical consensus. On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 35 out of 100 based on reviews from 11 critics, with the tagline "generally unfavorable reviews".

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