- Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
- Release Date: May 25, 2007
- Starring: Katsunosuke Hori, Megumi Hayashibara, Toru Emori
- Summary: Dr. Atsuko Chiba is a genius scientist by day, and a kick-ass dream warrior named Paprika by night. In this psychedelic sci-fi adventure anime, it will take the skills of both women to save the world. (Sony Pictures Classics)
- Director: Satoshi Kon
- Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Mystery, Animation
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 26 out of 26
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100The intersections between sleep and waking, memory, cinema, and the Internet lead to a spectacular battle of titans who spring from the mind's darkest recesses.
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80Satoshi Kon, whose previous film was the remarkable "Tokyo Godfathers," uses the complex plot as a pretext for joyous psychedelia.
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78Schizophrenia never looked so good or so mesmerizing as it does here, and Paprika, while certainly not suitable for kids, manages to capture the childlike, helter-skelter chaos and curiosity of the human mind better than any other animated film.
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75Fiercely provocative, Paprika shames Hollywood’s use of animation as a kiddie pacifier.
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Positive: 16 out of 16
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TM.10
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[Anonymous]10
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OthoS.8
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TroyK.7Truly in a class of his own. Great flick!
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