Code 46

Name: Code 46
Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller, Romance
Released: August 6, 2004
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 57
Cast: Om Puri, Samantha Morton, Tim Robbins

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United Artists | Release Date: August 6, 2004 | R

Starring: Om Puri, Samantha Morton, Tim Robbins

Summary: A love story set in an eerily possible near-future where cities are heavily controlled and only accessible through checkpoints. [United Artists]

Director: Michael Winterbottom

Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller, Romance

Rating: R

Runtime: 93 min

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Premiere Glenn Kenny

Provocative, quietly erotic, deeply romantic, and slyly witty (a cameo by a giant of punk rock is funny at first sight, and funnier still when you figure out the joke it's making), Code 46 is a very effective antidote to summer blockbuster bloat. Read full review

David Sterritt

Not always compellingly made, but intelligent and perhaps prophetic. Read full review

Desson Thomson

You may soon forget the specifics of the plot, but you'll always remember the world it came from. Read full review

J. Hoberman

Late in the day, Code 46 bursts its chemical chains to become a convincingly irrational love story. Read full review

Peter Rainer

Their doomy romance is supposed to be fated, but it just seems sloggy, certainly not the stuff of myth. A good comedy could be made from this same premise. Read full review

Lou Lumenick

An intriguing, if seriously flawed, film noir. Read full review

Stephen Hunter

Michael Winterbottom's Code 46 commits a Code 1 violation: It's boring. Read full review

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MattK

Oct 8, 2005

I loved this movie. Thoughtful and dense, and full of quiet passion about loving near strangers. It's steady and gorgeous.

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MrZardong

Jun 20, 2011

I'm a pushover for romantic movies and this one did the trick. The plot was interesting but only so much in trying to figure out whether there was going to be a happy ending. This probably doesn't do justice to the technical aspects of the plot though. Unlike bladerunner, the futureI'm a pushover for romantic movies and this one did the trick. The plot was interesting but only so much in trying to figure out whether there was going to be a happy ending. This probably doesn't do justice to the technical aspects of the plot though. Unlike bladerunner, the future presented here is a much more sterile, and perhaps, gentler view of "control" by government. Even the act of exile is a seemingly more humane form of punishment though one would question **slight spoiler potential follows** whether the psychological burden of it is perhaps even more painful. I found Robbins and Morton to be a believable pair. I've always found Morton to be irresistible in these roles. Maybe it's the vulnerability she exudes, maybe it's the acting. Or maybe it's because she isn't one of those glamor stars who we all get tired of seeing. She isn't perfect, but maybe that's why she's beautiful. Like the ending, I will miss this film.… Expand

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AndrewL.

Sep 26, 2005

A beautifully affecting film. Yes it's slow moving but the performances are strong and the story is well told at exactly the pace that is required. If you like action flicks or slapstick comedy then it's not for you and that probably means that you'll miss a lot in life, like A beautifully affecting film. Yes it's slow moving but the performances are strong and the story is well told at exactly the pace that is required. If you like action flicks or slapstick comedy then it's not for you and that probably means that you'll miss a lot in life, like the impression left by this film.… Expand

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GroundF.

Sep 18, 2006

I'll never forget the world of Code 46. Unfortunately, the film is ruined by two dull characters and the dullest love affair imaginable. The characters are atypically boring. Incredibly boring. There's no real spontaneity in the relationship. The conversation that passes between I'll never forget the world of Code 46. Unfortunately, the film is ruined by two dull characters and the dullest love affair imaginable. The characters are atypically boring. Incredibly boring. There's no real spontaneity in the relationship. The conversation that passes between the characters is almost mindless in its banality. Other than that, they make love. That is the relationship. I don't want to post spoilers, [***SPOILERS***] but the tragedy of their relationship is that there isn't much for them to lose. There was so much potential for this film. In my opinion, the world of Code 46 is as good as any that has been created in cinema. Unfortunately, the two main characters are impossibly dull; their affair is almost perversely dull. Code 46 has moments of real beauty that, in my opinion, eclipses all the things that make this film quite frustrating. It left a lasting impression on me and in a few months I will watch it again.… Expand

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KevinH.

Apr 14, 2006

I think the director did an incredible job. I loved the way it was shot. The scifi world they created was also awesome. But I think the story was way too subtle and wasn't clear enough.

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IvanJ.

Jun 3, 2006

Honestly, one of the worst films I've seen in the last five years. Utterly fails to redeem its promise. It's beautifully shot - I mean, gorgeously - but the problems are legion and sink it before it's half over. The central issue is (as others here have noted) that the couple Honestly, one of the worst films I've seen in the last five years. Utterly fails to redeem its promise. It's beautifully shot - I mean, gorgeously - but the problems are legion and sink it before it's half over. The central issue is (as others here have noted) that the couple at the film's heart makes absolutely no sense. There's zero chemistry between Tim Robbins and Samantha Morton, so there's also zero logic to their ostensibly rapid descent into obsession. Morton is just awful, here, and the sex scenes in particular were hard to take. (Tim Robbins is likeable, but the character is underwritten, giving him little to work with but a single bit of shtick that is old the second time you see it.) The worst thing is that Code 46 insists, every thirty seconds or so, on reminding you of all the vastly superior films it's derived from and to the position of which it so clearly wishes to aspire - Alphaville, Gattaca, and (Tarkovsky's) Solaris in particular. Awful, simply awful.… Expand

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