Planet Earth fingerprintStunning style, immersive world, no humor.
Epic
Awe-inspiring and wholesome
Serious throughout
Everyday modern life
Lived-in and easy to get lost in. Holds up on a rewatch.
Standout direction
Standout cinematography, editing, and score
Epic
Planet Earth is epic.
Awe-inspiring and wholesome
Emotionally, it's awe-inspiring, wholesome, and hopeful.
Everyday modern life
Lived-in and easy to get lost in. Holds up on a rewatch.
Its world is built around everyday modern life. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in. It holds up on a rewatch.
Standout direction
The direction stand out.
Standout cinematography, editing, and score
Look and sound: the cinematography, editing, and score stand out.
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Planet Earth is included with a subscription to Philo, YouTube TV, HBO Max, and Discovery + in the United States. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, and Fandango At Home. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Yes. It's widely acclaimed, with a GoodWatch score of 95/100 (IMDb 9.4 and Rotten Tomatoes 100%). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated TV-PG in the United States. Content advisories: violence.
1 season
It has 1 season with 11 episodes.
Not quite. Critics rate Planet Earth higher (100) than audiences (91). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
It ran from 2006 to 2006 and has ended.
It was made in English. Produced in Japan, United Kingdom, United States.
+9GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Planet Earth in 23 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 41 storytelling tropes for Planet Earth, including Our Dragons Are Different, Impaled with Extreme Prejudice, Misplaced Wildlife.
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