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  • 2016
  • R
  • Amazon Studios
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2016
  • R
  • Amazon Studios
  • 1 h 37 m

Summary The setting is New York, 5 minutes in the future. The glorious technological advances and communication devices of the near future meant to increase connectivity and alleviate boredom are only increasing the anxiety level of the insecure New Yorkers who've inherited them. David (Benjamin Dickinson) is an overworked, tech-addled advertisi...

Directed By: Benjamin Dickinson

Written By: Micah Bloomberg, Benjamin Dickinson

  • 2016
  • R
  • Amazon Studios
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2016
  • R
  • Amazon Studios
  • 1 h 37 m

Creative Control

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 29 Critic Reviews
58
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 11 User Ratings
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Summary The setting is New York, 5 minutes in the future. The glorious technological advances and communication devices of the near future meant to increase connectivity and alleviate boredom are only increasing the anxiety level of the insecure New Yorkers who've inherited them. David (Benjamin Dickinson) is an overworked, tech-addled advertisi...

Directed By: Benjamin Dickinson

Written By: Micah Bloomberg, Benjamin Dickinson

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 29 Critic Reviews
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59% Positive
17 Reviews
28% Mixed
8 Reviews
14% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 29 Critic Reviews
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59% Positive
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28% Mixed
8 Reviews
14% Negative
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100
Mar 9, 2016
Visually scrumptious and slickly told, Creative Control illustrates the power of groundbreaking technology while also indicting its extremes.
By Eric Kohn FULL REVIEW
80
Mar 10, 2016
When something is this engaging (and funny, did I mention funny?) it ceases to merely be about ideas and becomes, even in this borderline sci-fi context, a thoughtful movie about people.
By Jordan Hoffman FULL REVIEW
75
Mar 8, 2016
The story is lightweight and flimsy, and the resolution of the plot is too on-the-nose, pat, but the unfeeling nature of this future — about halfway to “Her” if you remember that film — and the mechanical nature of interactions, even sex, make Creative Control one of the most interesting recent exercises in film futurism.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
67
Mar 9, 2016
Well-acted, quietly funny, and with enough meat to keep a thinker satisfied, Creative Control pushes against just being beautiful to look at and manages something more.
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50
Mar 17, 2016
Intelligently made and contains some impressive set pieces.
By David Lewis FULL REVIEW
40
Mar 10, 2016
Concocted with heaps of style but only a smattering of substance, Benjamin Dickinson’s sophomore feature, Creative Control, is as brittle and unwelcoming as its characters’ surroundings.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
25
Mar 7, 2016
The film is overrun with characters, but it's less interested in their identity than their plasticity.
By Clayton Dillard FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 11 User Ratings
7.1
64% Positive
7 Ratings
27% Mixed
3 Ratings
9% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 11 User Ratings
7.1
64% Positive
7 Ratings
27% Mixed
3 Ratings
9% Negative
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Production Company Ghost Robot, Greencard Pictures, Mathematic
Release Date Mar 11, 2016
Duration 1 h 37 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline A story about virtually everything
Website https://www.facebook.com/creativecontrolmovie
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Awards

SXSW Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
National Board of Review, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
• 1 Nomination

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