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Dominican Rep. 9
21,423
Animation. Fantasy. Sci-Fi. War. Adventure
9 takes place in a world parallel to our own, in which the very legacy of humanity is threatened. A group of sapient rag dolls, living a post-apocalyptic existence find one of their own, 9 (Wood), who displays leadership qualities that may help them to survive. The conflicted but resilient group includes 1 (Plummer), a domineering war veteran; 2 (Landau), an aged inventor; 5 (Reilly), a stalwart mechanic; 6 (Glover), a visionary and ... [+]
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"Every effort to expand the range of feature-length animation beyond the confines of cautious family fare is to be welcomed, and budding techno and fantasy geeks are likely to be intrigued" | POS |
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"Sci-fi fans will find heaven in Shane Acker's feature-film debut." | POS |
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"Design aspects are arresting and the filmmaker's abilities are obvious, but the basic survival story remains slight" | NEU |
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"There's the strangest thing of all: it works" | POS |
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"It’s a perfectly functional, fairly scary kids’ film, with plenty of craft and creativity to keep adults occupied. But with a story as sophisticated as its visuals, it could have been much more." | POS |
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The Hollywood Reporter | "'9' never adds up to much. It's a dark adult film that gives itself over to the chases and frights of a kiddie movie." | NEU |
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"A big treat for more mature animation and science-fiction fans and a triumph for the young director." | POS |
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"Sobering stuff for an animated movie that pitches itself somewhere between cutesy children’s entertainment and hectoring Grimm’s fairy tale. The problem with 9, though, is that it lacks a consistent tone." | NEU |
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"The film isn't particularly original, but its dark mood, end-of-times landscape and unique characters will seem fresher to the young audience for which it's aiming than to jaded sci-fi veterans." | POS |
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"Not a perfect 10, but its imperfection is what makes it gripping and bewitching." | POS |
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Village Voice | "The result is never as gripping in narrative terms--a well-worn litany of dystopian-future chestnuts--as it is visually." | NEU |
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"Storyboarded with precision, and enhanced with a resonant score by Deborah Lurie, Acker’s handsome, feature-length 9 is, for all its visual flights of fancy, grounded in an apocalypse-proof message graspable by any schoolchild." | POS |
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"Shane Acker has expanded his Oscar-nominated short 9 into a full-length feature whose splendid visuals are dragged down by a tedious story." | NEU |
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"50 years, film lovers will look back on 9 as the debut feature of an original talent." | POS |
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"The best reason to see it is simply because of the creativity of its visuals. They're entrancing. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)" | POS |
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