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57 out of 100

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6.6 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 9 Ratings

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  • Starring: Catherine McCormack, Daniel Craig, Jonathan Pryce
  • Summary: Renaissance is a bold vision of a stark near future drenched in hidden secrets and technological frontiers. It takes film noir to its most stylized edge, utilizing live action motion capture, animated in 3D and rendered in high contrast black and white to create graphic novel come-to-life. (Miramax)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. ReelViews
    Reviewed by: James Berardinelli
    88
    The film's look is impressive; it's the most successful rotoscoping effort to date (far surpassing Richard Linklater's duo of "Waking Life" and "A Scanner Darkly"), and causes every frame to drip atmosphere.
  2. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Ann Hornaday
    60
    Volckman and Miance are undoubtedly superb draftsmen; what they need is a writer of comparable skill.
  3. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Crust
    60
    A visually wondrous experience in high-contrast black and white, bogged down by a slow, underwrought story and uninvolving characters. It would be easy to dismiss it as another great-looking film with little else to offer, but that wouldn't be entirely true.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 2 out of 5
  1. SorenA.
    10
    This movie shows why the everyday american film is for gotten around the world, with it's georgeous visuals, enthralling story, well written dialogue, it shows what american sci-fi films are lacking. This move overcompensates for this years "American" films *cough* Ultraviolet *cough*. Every true sci-fi fan should watch this movie.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. AndreR.
    9
    Great movie. Very original. If you enjoyed Blade Runner and SIn City you owe it to yourself to watch this.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. JayW.
    2
    Animation exercise was interesting for the first, um, two minutes. Then it was sheer boredom all the way, from the hackneyed female-in-peril plot to the childish dialogue. An insult to the film-noir genre.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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