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Cheatin'

2013

Bill Plympton

Animation

6.9

432

Animation. Film noir. Comedy In a fateful bumper car collision, Jake and Ella meet and become the most loving couple in the long history of Romance. But when a scheming “other” woman drives a wedge of jealousy into their perfect courtship, insecurity and hatred spell out an untimely fate. With only the help of a disgraced magician and his forbidden “soul machine”, Ella takes the form of Jake's numerous lovers, desperately fighting through malfunction and deceit as ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Dennis Harvey Variety	"Strife and sexual humor reign in this energetic romp, one of Bill Plympton's best longform animated works"	POS
United States	Charles Solomon Los Angeles Times	"The highly idiosyncratic "Cheatin'" is not a film for everyone (including children), but it will please viewers interested in the long tradition of independent animation in America"	POS
United States	Leslie Felperin Variety	"Retro in lots of ways, both good and bad, this almost entirely hand-made animated feature is very impressive feat of work"	POS

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