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Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)

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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.
 

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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.... 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. In the year 2065, Earth has been taken over by a race of alien phantoms and transformed into a barren wasteland sprinkled with dome-enclosed barrier cities--the last remaining bastions of human civilization. Dr. Aki Ross (voiced by actress Ming-Na) has teamed up with Captain Gray Edwards (Alec Baldwin) to search for the "eighth spirit," a powerful entity dwelling in an unknown life form somewhere on the planet. It holds the key to perfecting a system of energy waves that will neutralize the phantoms. Ross's opponent is the reckless General Hein (James Woods), who is determined to put a stop to the alien invasion by firing a satellite cannon directly into a nest of phantoms located deep within the Earth, even though this could mean obliterating the planet itself and all life upon it. [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

DVD Info

Release:

Aug 7, 2007

[DVD Details]

Blu-ray Features:

  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
  • PCM 5.1 - English
  • (unspecified) - French, Japanese, Mandarin, Portugese, Spanish, Thai
  • Subtitles - English, French, Korean, Mandarin, Portugese, Spanish, Thai - Optional

Additional Release Materials:

  • Audio Commentaries (2)
  • Featurettes - 1. "Compositing Builds"
  • 2. "On the Set with Aiki"
  • 3. "The Gray Project"
  • Outtakes
  • Trailers - Theatrical Trailer

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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
Christopher Smith
Bangor Daily News (Maine)
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3/4

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07/14/07
Joe Lozito
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01/26/06
Time Out
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7/10

The story is well written and incredibly smart, but probably a bit too spiritual for western audiences.

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12/31/05
John Venable
Supercala.com
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2.5/5

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12/06/05
Film Threat
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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.

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01/15/05
Jeffrey Overstreet
Looking Closer
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02/25/04
Andrew Rodgers
Zap2it.com
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2/5

It's all very complicated and makes one lose interest quickly.

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11/07/03
Eric Lurio
Greenwich Village Gazette
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2/4

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05/20/03
Alan Sissenwein
Palo Alto Weekly
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3/5

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.

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03/20/03
Brian Mckay
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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.

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03/04/03
Harry Guerin
RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland)
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4.5/5

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02/08/03
John R. McEwen
Film Quips Online
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2.5/5

It looks like a video game intro.

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12/08/02
Chris Gore
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11/12/02
Matthew Bond
Daily Mail [UK]
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10/30/02
Matthew Turner
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The cityscapes, action sequences and phantoms and the sheer scale of the film are jaw-dropping.

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10/21/02
Jean Lowerison
San Diego Metropolitan
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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.

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10/15/02
Margaret A. McGurk
Cincinnati Enquirer
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08/09/02
Robert Denerstein
Denver Rocky Mountain News
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08/02/02
Betty Jo Tucker
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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.

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07/24/02
Sean Burns
Philadelphia Weekly
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