The Phantom Planet

The film constructs its sci-fi premise around a simple yet potent idea of miniaturization, using it to drive a plot of survival and conflict on a hostile world. It relies on the era's palpable sense of cosmic dread and the unknown.

What lingers after the viewing is a charmingly earnest, low-budget artifact of early space-age imagination, complete with all its dated but sincere trappings. — MovieFinder Editorial