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35
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Metropolis
Sony Pictures Entertainment
MPAA RATING: PG-13 for violence and images of destruction
Starring
Jamieson Price,
Toshio Furukawa,
Dave Mallow,
and
Scott Weinger
This Japanese anime, set in the future, depicts a grand city-state populated by humans and robots, the cohabitants of a strictly segmented society. (Sony)
| GENRE(S): |
Sci-fi
|
| WRITTEN BY: |
Katsuhiro Ôtomo
Osamu Tezuka (1949 manga)
|
| DIRECTED BY: |
Tarô Rin
|
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: April 23, 2002
Video: April 23, 2002
Theatrical: January 25, 2002
|
| RUNNING TIME: |
107 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
Japan |
| LANGUAGE(S): |
Japanese (with English subtitles) |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
100
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
A wild elaboration. If you have never seen a Japanese anime, start here. If you love them, Metropolis proves you are right.

89
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
By the time the explosive finale arrives (with a wistful Ray Charles crooning over shots of cataclysmic destruction, no less), you'll be hard pressed to name a recent film with this much action, pathos, and smarts.

88
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
The story is compelling, but Metropolis is such a visual masterpiece, it's easy to get lost within its seemingly endless layers of graphic complexity.

88
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Liam Lacey
May not have the most sophisticated narrative, but it is one of the most spectacular and masterly demonstrations of animation in screen history.

88
Boston Globe
Jonathan Perry
Poetic, surreal, and curiously powerful.
83
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker
This is no Disney fable and the apocalyptic vision isn't for everyone, but science-fiction fans and adventurous filmgoers will find this ingenious explosion of retro-cyberpunk a compelling dystopian vision with a gleam of hope.

80
Film Threat
Ron Wells
They should have produced this in 3D for IMAX as Metropolis is the kind of work destined to blow the minds of stoners everywhere.

80
New Times (L.A.)
Luke Y. Thompson
Roll with any stylistic difficulties you might initially have, and prepare to be awed.

80
LA Weekly
David Chute
This muscular anime melodrama is so visually splendid that on that level alone it qualifies as a breakthrough.

80
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Tasha Robinson
Technologically, the film is impressive, and it readily overwhelms the senses with frenetic computer-generated activity, an apocalyptic grand finale, and a bombastic jazz score. But unlike its classic predecessor, it doesn't leave much in its wake but ringing ears and unanswered questions.

75
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
Here is a film of staggering technical and visual virtuosity, filled with utterly amazing images, that's also entertaining and engaging for children and adults on several levels.

75
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
Superior animated film from Japan.

60
The New York Times
Dana Stevens
A hallucinatory tour de force of color, perspective and scale, virtually encapsulates the history of Japanese animation.

60
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
The look is utterly faithful to Tezuka's aesthetic -- he loved classic Disney animation, especially "Bambi" (1942) -- but it's hard to empathize with the angst of a character who looks like a Super Mario Brother.

50
New York Post
Staff (Not credited)
The dialogue is dubbed into English by generic actors, whose phony, emotionless rendition undermines what's on the screen.

50
Village Voice
Michael Atkinson
Metropolis is "A.I." without tears.


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