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2009
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1.0
And the conundrum is this: I dont know whether you fine people want me to drink any more.
Den Of Geek
4.5
Its unclear what hell do next, but he doesnt seem upset with Max or interested in anything malicious.
Den Of Geek
4.5
During the final confrontation (of this half of the season), Deans spear wielding is better than at first advertised, but still doesnt achieve much mo ..
Den Of Geek
4.5
The original setups that seemed unfunny and strained dont necessarily get any fresher but they do get funnier.
Den Of Geek
1.5
However, I cant help feel a bit like a trained monkey dancing to Lynchs nefarious tune.
Den Of Geek
1.5
TV doesnt need another wheelbarrowful of raped female corpses to tip into its charnel house.
Den Of Geek
4.5
Im always glad to see Tyler Hynes back on the show as Joshua, mostly because hes excellent eye candy, but also because hes a good addition to the cast ..
Den Of Geek
1.5
But its a testament to the talent involved that its potent ingredients still shine through.
Indie Wire
3.0
Tunc, a yobbish butcher, hangs out with handsome Kaya, whos the prime suspect.
Screen Daily
4.0
At only 81 minutes, the film is thin on characterisation, and theres one action scene too many at the expense of an emotional core.
Screen Daily
4.0
A serious CG animated movie with no laughs and much menace, it is classy science fiction influenced more by Jan Svankmajer and Jules Verne than Pixar ..
Screen Daily
3.8
It might have been an opportunity for the sort of challenging speculation sci fi is best at, however, and the best reason to see it is simply because ..
Rogerebert
1.0
It is also amazingly turgid and lifeless to boot imagine the first half of WALL*E without any of the wit, charm and energy and you sort of have 9 in a ..
E Film Critic
4.5
The episode was really all about Girl Power Game of Thrones has been justly criticised for employing young actresses as wobbly wobbly window dressing ..
Telegraph
3.0
So a non Pixar animated fantasy called 9 has its work cut out just being noticed.
Telegraph
4.0
Being that it has the odd combination of being a CGI animated film thats not really suited for younger children, I hope that 9 still manages to find a ..
Screen Rant
3.8
Its a CGI film with old fashioned cultural and entertainment values.
The Globe And Mail
3.1
9 is Shane Ackers directing debut, visually imaginative but narratively impoverished.
Philly
3.0
Fans of Star Wars, no doubt, will want to see this tale about heroism, the survival of the soul, a community under siege, and a mystical finale.
Spirituality And Practice
2.5
Its glum and witless and its few actual sci fi ideas are either unbearably hackneyed or flat out nonsensical.
Combust Ible Celluloid
1.0
In the feature this all becomes part of a hoary, nonsensical narrative in which a Nazi like political party has enslaved humanity with a race of machi ..
Chicago Reader
3.8
That it leaves us considering more than the visuals is even more impressive.
Mark Reviews Movies
2.5
Long on imaginative design but less substantial in narrative, this dreary story of fighting the power is more numbing than thought provoking.
Usa Today
3.5
The story doesnt make a lot of sense, and for that reason it doesnt quite turn out the way I expected it to.
Lariat
1.0
Yet, the four legged beast comes after them and leaves with #2 in its mouth after also trying to get #9 whos then rescued by #5 (voice of JOHN C. REIL ..
Screen It
2.0
The animation is appealing a steampunk hybrid of Terminator and Rosie and Jim and has some original touches (though lets just say its not a surprise t ..
Independent
3.5
The film kicks off darkly and stays there, with the post apocalyptic cityscape and terrifying mechanical beasts.
Shadows On The Wall
3.0
The concept album that is Arethas Gold follows the chronology of Aretha Franklins hits, all released in 1967 and 1968, apex years of the decade not ju ..
Pop Matters
2.0
The concept album that is Arethas Gold follows the chronology of Aretha Franklins hits, all released in 1967 and 1968, apex years of the decade not ju ..
Pop Matters
3.1
Fans of sophisticated, adult oriented animation may savor Ackers elaborate visuals.
News Day
3.5
The shorts striking visuals more than made up for its slendersome might say, inscrutableplot.
Film Journal
4.4
It actually ends in a bittersweet mystery.The films finale suggests that the human race could indeed be restored.
Boston
3.0
The sad thing about all this is that it didnt have to be this way.There are vague intimations of something deeper lying beneath the films almost nonex ..
Mountain X
1.0
The film is couched in the fantastically annoying style of steampunk, a kind of retro futurist blending of old fashioned clunkiness with ultra moderni ..
Guardian
2.0
A combination of the cute and the cataclysmic, the film has its moments but becomes increasingly frantic and morally self important.
Guardian
4.0
Soulful, streamlined and brilliantly executed, this is a contender for best action film of the year.
Reel Talk Reviews
3.5
This great adventure movie stands apart, not much in story but in what it brings to the eye of the beholder.
Reel Talk Reviews
3.1
For a film thats not even 80 minutes long, it packs in a little too much but still feels like its missing something at the center.
Q Network
3.8
The expanded cast of creatures looks great, dressed and animated in the homespun style Acker calls stitchpunk.
Ew
2.5
Lacking in its epic story potential Acker never takes advantage of this open wasteland and just keeps it squarely short and sweet.
Cinema Crazed
2.5
But in a moment thats given us Wall E and Coraline and Ratatouille and Up, snazzy art direction just doesnt cut it anymore.
Slate
2.5
Atmospheric or not, this film, like the megalomaniac brain at its heart, ultimately lacks soul.
Eye For Film
3.5
For whatever reason, number nine dominates the cinematic landscape this fall.
Susang Ranger
3.0
Acker is a gifted filmmaker: The movies visuals are breathtakingly crafted.
Common Sense Media
4.0
All of that to say that this movie is in plain old digital animation and is darkly beautiful to watch.
Movies
3.8
Hollywood doesnt produce many PG 13 animated films.Acker makes this one count.
Sf Gate
3.0
In movies, our technology is so often the ruin of us. We got that message from Stanley Kubrick way back when, and we get it now. But couldnt filmmaker ..
Time
3.1
The films vision of a world gone machine mad similarly feels aesthetically satisfying and thematically malnourished.
Slant Magazine
3.5
Their second time at the animated bat is a far more routine story but one coupled with some of the best CGI and production design to date.
Reeling Reviews
4.5
mysterious conundrum of a film that is beautifully grim to behold and actually sort of massively depressing by the time its over... but in a good way. ..
Flickfilosopher
2.5
The movie coasts for certain stretches on its unique hodgepodge aesthetic, a sort of steampunk flavored anachronistic jumble, but its not enough to su ..
Las Vegas Weekly
3.0
To voice the lead role of the newly born 9, Acker couldnt help but have in mind an actor who was so central to the film set he had worked on years ear ..
Total Film
3.8
This is post apocalyptic adventure as imagined for a teen crowd, and what it lacks in depth it makes up for in action.
ReelViews
2.2
Tim Burton and Russian visionary Timur Bekmambetov take producing credits for a movie your kids wont get and you wont enjoy.
Coles Mithey
3.1
But the films designs and moments of visual artistry cannot entirely compensate for the thinness of its narrative construction: yes, the 79 minute 9 m ..
Groucho Reviews
3.8
How great is that in any movie, much less an animated one.Even if not plunged to the greatest depths, theres something profoundly affecting about the ..
Aisle Seat
4.0
Some older kids will enjoy it, if for no other reason than the striking yet very dark visuals and the powerful action sequences.
7M Pictures
3.8
The post apocalyptic adventure 9 adds up to everything except an obvious audience.
The Star
3.1
If anything, the story elements are overly familiar and too predictable.
Deseret News
3.0
But after a while it seems more like an animation showcase of wonders than a genuine cinematic story.
Urban Cine File
3.0
Its gleaming red eye is a reference to HAL from 2001: A Space Odyssey and Arnie from The Terminator, while its tentacles recall the squids from The Ma ..
The Age
2.5
If the filmmaker cant answer it, the film is likely to fail no matter how good the performances or how clever the dialogue or how dazzling the visuals ..
Maki At The Movies
2.0
But it lacks his usual wit and wonder, ending up as a cumbersome and trite dangerous rise of technology story that fails to engage.FINAL CUT 2 A plodd ..
Mirror
3.0
9 is a bold and ambitious movie, a contemplative CG animation for grown ups thatll struggle to reach the broad audiences of the Pixar and DreamWorks t ..
Digital Spy
3.8
The screenplay by Pamela Pettler (Tim Burtons The Corpse Bride) fleshes out the action with some witty dialogue.
New York Post
1.3
Ranks down there with Battle for Terra as the years weakest animated venture.
Dustin Put Man
3.0
It was intriguing: dark yet captivating, dynamic yet baffling, oddly familiar yet undeniably surreal.
Christianity Today
4.0
Its a landmark in melding sci fi action to animation in a way that will keep you enthralled from start to finish.
Hollywood And Fine
2.5
Shane Ackers 9 could be easily praised as a visionary fantasy film, using lavish CG environments to conjure an alternate reality of robotic monsters a ..
Brian Or Ndorf
3.8
And its that animation that truly propels 9 beyond your standard computer generated fare.
Big Picture Big Sound
2.5
Screenwriter Pamela Pettler weaves elements of sci fi, action, tragedy and drama with mixed results.
Nyc Movie Guru
3.8
Days later, youll swear you remember how its moldy cathedrals smelled or the tangy taste of irradiated rainfall.
Js Online
3.8
The story is simple and straight forward enough on a basic level, but there is a metaphysical undertone which builds all on its own.
Movie Crypt
3.0
The new version stays so true to the original you could describe it as a feature length short which is not the most staggering accomplishment.
Film Comment
3.0
Its the deepest, darkest story about animated socks youll ever see.
Sky
2.0
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3.0
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3.5
You will be able to save yourself from getting disappointed of watching nothing but a lame movie.
Window To The Movies
2.5
A potent reminder that not all shorts, even ones as brilliant as Ackers, will necessarily work well as a feature.
What Culture
3.1
The problem is that, despite its strikingly original set up and its cool steampunk visual vibe, its not much of a movie for grown ups, either.
No La
2.0
Too dark for littluns, too hectic and cutesy for adults, its pretty much guaranteed to please no one.
Metro
2.0
For all the Saturday matinee heroics, the movie is dreary and monotonous, the vision junky in more ways than one.
Ny Mag
2.5
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Tiny Url
3.1
The basic survival story makes very little sense and never amounts to much.
Entertainment Spectrum
3.0
And there still museums with pay what you wish admission, if not every day, then on certain days weekly or monthly.You just have to know who offers wh ..
New York Time Out
1.5
The animation is kind of beautiful.I would think its stop motion if it werent for CGI humans that pop up.
Can Mag
2.0
Well, and its look.The robotic rag dolls are as animated as ever.
Orlando Sentinel
3.1
There was a bit of edge and humor to that films tone that made it simultaneously funny and dreadful, which bolstered its distinctive visuals.
Illinois Times
3.1
Rarely has so much imagination been poured into one facet of a film at the expense of another.
Critics Notebook
3.8
These figures are the face and, more importantly, the soul of the future.One that proves itself quite ready to save.
Crazed Fan Boy
4.0
9s innovative animation style doesnt need the latest 3D gimmicks to involve its audience, the depth and beauty of Ackers world pulls us in from the fi ..
The Diva Review
3.0
While 9 will appeal predominantly to adolescent and maybe young adult viewers, it is too dark and scary for younger children.
Cinema Autopsy
3.0
Because 9 runs only 79 minutes, Acker almost gets by on the intricate and distinctive visuals.
Kc Active
2.0
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Cine Rina
3.1
The result is a baroque visual style that feels familiar yet strangely alien.
Washington Times
4.0
The results are a stunning array of imagery fed by unbridled imagination and unending dedication.
James Wegg Review
3.8
Kind of dark and depressing, 9 is nevertheless a visual treat that stirs the imagination.
The Movie Kit
4.0
Before long, the dread overtakes any sense of tonal variety.Every year the envelope of contemporary animation is pushed, stretched and tested by all s ..
Maki At The Movies Blogspo ..
4.0
Its far more fun and engaging than, say, the rock em sock em robots of Transformers 2 but for all the epic stakes, theres not much to hold onto as you ..
Seanax
3.0
But ultimately this story about the survival of humanity seems to be lacking a bit of soul.
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