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District 9 (2009)

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Reviews Counted:244

Fresh:221

Rotten:23

Average Rating:7.8/10

Consensus: Technically brilliant and emotionally wrenching, District 9 has action, imagination, and all the elements of a thoroughly entertaining science-fiction classic.

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Rated: R [See Full Rating] for bloody violence and pervasive language

Runtime: 1 hr. 53 min.

Genre: Action & Adventure, Art House & International, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Drama

Theatrical Release: Aug 14, 2009 Wide

Box Office: $115.6M

Synopsis: An extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth suddenly find a kindred spirit in a government agent that is exposed to their... An extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth suddenly find a kindred spirit in a government agent that is exposed to their biotechnology. [More]

Starring: Sharlto Copley, David James, Vanessa Haywood, Mandla Gaduka

Starring: Sharlto Copley, David James, Vanessa Haywood, Mandla Gaduka, Kenneth Nkosi, Eugene Khumbanyiwa, Louis Minnaar, William Allen Young, Nathalie Boltt, Sylvaine Strike, Elizabeth Mkandawie, John Sumner, Greg Melvill-Smith, Nick Blake, Jed Brophy, Marian Hooman, Vittorio Leonardi, Johan van Schoor, Stella Steenkamp, Mampho Brescia, Tim Irwin Gordon, Morne Erasmus, Anthony Bishop, David Clatworthy, Mike Huff, Anthony Fridjhon, Jason Cope, Hlengiwe Madlala, Siyabonga Radebe, Melt Sieberhagen, Andre Odendaal, Jonathan Taylor, John Ellis, Louise Saint Claire, Alan Glauber, Nicolas Herbstein, Norman Anstey, Nick Boraine, Robert Hobbs, Sibulele Gcilitshana, Mahendra Raghunath, Phillip Mathebula, Devlin Brown

Director: Neill Blomkamp

Director: Neill Blomkamp
Screenwriter: Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell
Producer: Peter Jackson
Distributor: Sony Pictures/Screen Gems

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District 9 is the most original, innovative and entertaining science-fiction film in years and contains the best mix of politics and spectacle since Starship Troopers.

Full Review Source: Cinema Autopsy | comment 1 Comment
Jul 6, 2010
Thomas Caldwell
Thomas Caldwell
Cinema Autopsy

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Full Review Source: Bullz-Eye.com | comment Comment
Jul 6, 2010
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N/R

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Jul 6, 2010
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Jul 6, 2010
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Full Review Source: Movies.com | comment Comment
Jul 6, 2010
Dave White
Dave White
Movies.com

Best when it operates as yarn rather than as social commentary, even if it is filled with logical inconsistencies.

Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews | comment Comment
Jun 15, 2010
Louis Proyect
Louis Proyect
rec.arts.movies.reviews

Screw Avatar - this is what people will think of when they talk about science fiction at the end of the aughts.

Full Review Source: Projection Booth | comment 5 Comments
Mar 6, 2010
Rob Humanick
Rob Humanick
Projection Booth

While the ambitious narrative bites off far more than can be satisfactorily chewed and digested, the fantastic ride through what must be a completely fictional world (right?) is worth a view.

Full Review Source: JWR | comment 2 Comments
Feb 10, 2010
S. James Wegg
S. James Wegg
JWR

While Blomkamp's disturbing thriller does have a semi-revelatory ending, the real secret is that District 9, for all its pomp and circumstance, is no more than a decent but scrappy science fiction flick.

Full Review Source: Bangitout.com | comment 4 Comments
Jan 6, 2010
Jordan Hiller
Jordan Hiller
Bangitout.com

The disconnect between the first and second half of the movie shows you how great District 9 could have been, if Jackson and his financial backers had allowed it, instead of what it is, exciting, but with nothing lingering in the mind after it was over.

Full Review Source: Examiner.com | comment Comment
Dec 25, 2009
Adam Lippe
Adam Lippe
Examiner.com

Science fiction as it was meant to be: intelligent and challenging.

Full Review Source: Oscar Guy | comment 5 Comments
Dec 12, 2009
Wesley Lovell
Wesley Lovell
Oscar Guy

full review at Movies for the Masses

Full Review Source: Movies for the Masses | comment 1 Comment
Dec 10, 2009
Joseph Proimakis
Joseph Proimakis
Movies for the Masses

Since the metaphor itself is pretty clear, Blomkamp goes for the visceral quality of the images and situations.

Full Review Source: Window to the Movies | comment Comment
Dec 7, 2009
Jeffrey Chen
Jeffrey Chen
Window to the Movies

The film persuades us to look beneath the aliens' chitinous exterior, and slowly eats at us as the images of racism, subjugation and internment become familiar and prod our conscience.

Full Review Source: Cinemalogue.com | comment Comment
Dec 6, 2009
Rubin Safaya
Rubin Safaya
Cinemalogue.com

"One of the most intelligent science fiction entries in the last ten years..."

Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment 5 Comments
Dec 6, 2009
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

Un entretenido ejercicio de ciencia ficción que es también toda una alegoría sobre la condición racista y discriminadora del hombre.

Full Review Source: Uruguay Total | comment Comment
Oct 18, 2009
Enrique Buchichio
Enrique Buchichio
Uruguay Total

Um presente inesperado para todos os fãs de uma boa e inteligente ficção-científica.

Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena | comment Comment
Oct 16, 2009
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

Le film de Neill Blomkamp brille de par son audace et la pertinence de son propos.

Full Review Source: Panorama | comment Comment
Oct 12, 2009
Jean-François Vandeuren
Jean-François Vandeuren
Panorama

We've seen most of the film's elements before ... but all these ideas have never been assembled in exactly this manner before, let alone with Blomkamp's wit and style.

Full Review Source: Brand X | comment 2 Comments
Sep 20, 2009
Andy Klein
Andy Klein
Brand X

Works as political commentary, blood-splattering action flick and sneaky-funny comedy.

Full Review Source: Florida Times-Union | comment Comment
Sep 10, 2009
Matt Soergel
Matt Soergel
Florida Times-Union
 
 
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