The film is like bypass surgery: clinically precise but always in control of your heart.

Part thriller, part love story and part political allegory, told as dream noir, but too tangled and slippery to inspire much empathy.

a noir snore with no moral desperation, no clear-cut point-of-view and a love story whose eroticism feels about as urgent as yardwork

Original, intelligent, cool, aloof, and ultimately unforgettable.

Too much stoicism and not enough vulnerability -- OK for a futuristic film about a dystopian society, but not if you're supposed to feel the emotions of the main characters.

It's too bleak for the morose Robbins and doe-eyed Morton to connect meaningfully with each other or with us.

Winterbottom’s sci-fi romance is in a class of its own. Robbins and Morton [are] clearly in their element here.

May be one of the most perfect cyberpunk films ever made.

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Cinematography, production design and music are all top-notch, but the film largely succeeds because of the leads -- two fine actors at the top of their game.