Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
44 %
Reviews Counted: 125 Fresh: 55 Rotten:70 Average Rating: 5.3/10
Consensus:
The movie raises the bar for computer animated movies, but the story is dull and emotionally removed.
Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins
Theatrical Release: Jul 11, 2001 Wide
Box Office: $31,490,045
Synopsis: Directed by Hironobu Sakaguchi (who also created the best-selling series of video games that inspired the film), the groundbreaking FINAL FANTASY, which stars a startlingly lifelike cast of animated characters, is the first photo-realistic computer-generated feature film ever made.... [More]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Ming-Na, Alec Baldwin, James Woods, Donald Sutherland, Ving Rhames
Director: Hironobu Sakaguchi
Screenwriter: Al Reinert, Jeff Vintar
Producer: Jun Aida, Remington Scott, Hironobu Sakaguchi
Composer: Elliot Goldenthal
Screenwriter: Al Reinert, Jeff Vintar
Producer: Jun Aida, Remington Scott, Hironobu Sakaguchi
Composer: Elliot Goldenthal
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It's a paradox--it's at once exhilarating yet exhausting, thrilling yet boring, masterful yet banal.
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08/19/07
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01/26/06
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The story is well written and incredibly smart, but probably a bit too spiritual for western audiences.
12/31/05
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Even in the world of the digitally perfect, a black man seems doomed to be a disposable sidekick, and the heroine must represent every feminist ideal at once.
01/15/05
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02/25/04
A lot of painstaking work went into this . . . Unfortunately, the main story becomes nearly incomprehensible . . . and the last ten minutes or so just feel like drudgery.
03/20/03
The plot itself is convoluted sci-fi fare, taking in elements of botany, biology and philosophy, but it makes more sense than Pearl Harbor and the cast seems a lot more human.
03/04/03
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11/12/02
The cityscapes, action sequences and phantoms and the sheer scale of the film are jaw-dropping.
10/21/02
Just when you think you've seen every computer trick and gimmick that can possibly stick to a screen, along comes a new advance that puts the 'special' back in special effects.
10/15/02
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08/09/02
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08/02/02
The truth is, I have never seen a movie with this much exposition, and I still have no idea what was going on most of the time.
07/24/02
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