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5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88RogerEbert.comRogerEbert.comSimilar to “Gravity” or “Avatar,” it offers viewers experiences that can only be seen in large scope storytelling, this one coming with the budget of NASA trips to the International Space Station.
- 80Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternWall Street JournalJoe MorgensternThe 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.
- 75The Seattle TimesSoren AndersenThe Seattle TimesSoren AndersenThere is fragility in the beauty we see. The picture drives home the need to safeguard it. It is, after all, our home.
- 70VarietyScott TobiasVarietyScott TobiasShort of putting Emmanuel Lubezki through astronaut training, it’s difficult to imagine more rapturously beautiful images of the Earth from orbit than those supplied by A Beautiful Planet, the latest collaboration between Imax and NASA.
- 70The New York TimesKen JaworowskiThe New York TimesKen JaworowskiIt’s appealing to adults and accessible to younger viewers. And it delivers an environmental message that is strong and serious while remaining encouraging and optimistic. That’s important to hear. The rest is just amazing to watch.