The only positive thing that can be said in its favor, is that it looks good

Rating: 3/10 (16 April 2020)

I was not surprised to find out that this childish, loud, incoherent mess was written by a teenager. Luc Besson, the director of the film begun writing the script at the age of 16 and you need to have the maturity and sophistication of an average 16 year old to actually enjoy this nonsense. Obviously the plot is absurd but even if one accepts that fact and tries to judge the film on its own terms, it is still a failure. Being odd, witty, funny and self-aware is not the same thing as just being odd and rambling eye candy. I think Besson was going for the former but ended up making the latter. The negativity does not stop with the plotting; there is not a single character that is even remotely interesting and some are just plain old irritating. (I'm looking at you Chris Tucker) The one thing that could be said in its favor is the production of the whole enterprise. It does have a unique and eye-catching look and even though the film is more than two decades old, it still hold up fairly well. But unfortunately for The Fifth Element, looks alone do not make a good movie.