9
Metascore
60 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 31 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 31
  3. Negative: 0 out of 31
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  1. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Wesley Morris
    88
    Any optimism in 9, which is bound to try the fortitude of meeker children, feels hard-won. It actually ends in a bittersweet mystery.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    83
    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.
  3. Portland Oregonian
    Reviewed by: Shawn Levy
    83
    At barely an-hour-and-a-quarter in length, it's one of those very rare feature films that you wish were longer.

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User Score
6.6 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 155 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 48 out of 73
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 73
  3. Negative: 13 out of 73
  1. grandpajoe6191
    7
    I can't give "9" a 9, but it still is a rewarding movie that portrays lovely, grim visuals.
  2. kublay0880
    6
    It was very nice animation, the characters were average nothing special, and a story that came out of nowhere, this last part might be the best part of the movie, an original story but predictable at the same time.… Full Review »
  3. DeVr33z
    6
    Dull story and soulless characters. Decent animation. This is a film that doesn't know if it wants to be a children's movie or a dark, adult mystery, so it chooses to be neither, and that is its biggest failing.… Full Review »
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