1. JavierR.

   10

   To start off, C.P.'s review of this movie may be the most arrogant and unbelievably disgusting reviews i have ever seen on this site. He dares to call the professional reviewers confused, and suggest that they misinterpreted it. With that aside, he is allowed his own opinion about the movie, although it is clear that he is one of few that hated it. It was an astonishingly true-life movie, showing us, through an unharmful apparatus such as a comic book, that the system is building off of itself and becoming all powerful. Truly remarkable filmaking and acting alike.… Expand

   • Helpful? 2 of 2 users said Yes.
2. AFountain

   8

   This film is a jigsaw puzzle. It's certainly not for everyone, and it requires patience and possibly repeat viewings in order to be fully understood and enjoyed. The acting is superb from all the cast, but Robert Downey Jr.'s performance stands out as the best by far. The animation style adds to the surreal atmosphere and matches the disturbing dystopian setting perfectly. It is done in such a way that it doesn't detract from the story or any actor's performance at all, and merely serves to enhance the audience's image of the characters' paranoid, drug-addled minds. There's perhaps a little too much to take in the first time you watch it, and the plot is sometimes a little less than coherent. However, it stays true to the book, and the message it is trying to convey is clear throughout the film.… Expand

   • Helpful? 1 of 1 users said Yes.
3. MrRiggs

   7

   Good animation flick. Im not to much of an animation movie fan but this has a good/wicked plot to it with a twist. Its a crazy animation that will leave some thinking wtf did I just watch. Its clearly NOT for everyone but for a person like me I enjoyed this flick very much.… Expand

   • Helpful? 2 of 2 users said Yes.
4. JB

   4

   I love Richard Linklater, but this is his worst film. It's kind of like Waking Life combined with Minority Report. There's about a five minute sequence that's very funny and points more to Dazed and Confused. He should have gone more that way for the other 95 minutes, but I suspect he was being too true to the source material. He should have left it behind and made the vision more his own. What we are left with is not dramatic, it isn't philosopically interesting. It ends up being a far too typical picture of some paranoid future world where everything somehow connects. I guess we're supposed to think that's heavy, but it isn't. The animation is interesting at times and also, I think, irritating. What's the point?… Expand

   • Helpful? 2 of 2 users said Yes.

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