Metropia
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47 out of 100

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6.6 out of 10

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  • Summary: In the year 2024, all of Europe is united by a vast web of underground railways, populated by an army of downtrodden worker bees. When one such cog starts hearing voices and encounters a femme fatale shampoo model who seems to hold some answers, he finds himself unearthing a vast Orwellian conspiracy in this visually arresting animated noir. (Tribeca Film)… Expand

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  1. Movieline
    Reviewed by: Michelle Orange
    55
    Dark and queer enough to catch your attention but lacking the story power to hold it, Metropia is an aesthetic in search of an author.
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Leslie Felperin
    50
    The characters at first seem photorealistic, but their faces barely move. There are good, basic sci-fi ideas in the script, but they're not satisfyingly developed.
  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Natasha Senjanovic
    50
    The colors are mostly gray tones with the sharp, disturbing animation that works well for a thriller. However, Metropia is weighed down by a convoluted plot.
  4. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Jeannette Catsoulis
    50
    Technically innovative but narratively moribund, Metropia is all stasis and shadows. Perhaps Mr. Saleh could have listened to a lighter voice.

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  1. NicoDaFlagburna
    6
    Metropia is dark like a Tim Burton or Terry Gilliam film which has been set in the toilets of an eerily deserted nuclear bunker. It suffocates you with gray monotones and darkened blue/brown hues to enforce an idea of repression which draws you into its soulless, post apocalyptic world where life is never questioned. The story alludes to a fuel shortage, yet trains can run non stop night and day across a whole continent simultaneously, and while portraying astonishing technical innovation the convoluted plot feels largely empty as if examined by an absent author lazily relying on aesthetic to convince. If I was to divide the ratings I would give the art 9/10 (though critically no artistic variety from Paris to Sweden) and the plot 3/10. A big gap which is too large for such an ambitious film to fill.… Collapse

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