9 Reviews
December 22, 2020
9 is a challenge to remember our roots... to not get caught in our beliefs or our politics or - most especially - become chained to the powers of our intellect alone.
November 28, 2020
If the story lacks in expected profoundness, the generally impressive character designs more than make up for it.
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| Original Score: 6/10
November 25, 2020
A muddled dystopian fable about the dangers of technology, Acker's story comes across as WallE meets Terminator.
September 17, 2020
Fans of adult themes in animation will likely marvel.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4.0
October 20, 2014
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.
January 3, 2012
A potent reminder that not all shorts, even ones as brilliant as Acker's, will necessarily work well as a feature.
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| Original Score: 2.5/5
August 10, 2011
9 has a very Coraline-esque tone to it, so if that's a film you enjoyed, then this movie is definitely something worth checking out on the big screen.
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| Original Score: 4/5
July 28, 2011
Darkly beautiful to watch.
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| Original Score: 4/5
June 2, 2010
Feels unnaturally fleshed out and overthought, dampening the excitement through extensive padding...captivating eye candy, but something of a dramatic spinout.
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| Original Score: C
March 27, 2010
If you're gonna be so downbeat, yah gotta be good. This ain't good. Paul Chambers, CNN.
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| Original Score: D+
March 18, 2010
9 is overall an enjoyable and inventive film.
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| Original Score: 3/5
March 6, 2010
Discovering the truth is good for the soul
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| Original Score: 4/5
January 28, 2010
A throwback to the industrial era, the film doesn't feel as important now as it might have then.
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| Original Score: 3/4
January 18, 2010
Proudly mature -- the movie deals much with individual death as well as doomsday -- so it's a welcome work, something we might even dare to call American-style anime.
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| Original Score: 7/10
January 4, 2010
This movie is what would happen if the folks at Pixar were manic depressives . . .
December 29, 2009
I think if I were not diligently taking notes for this very review I might have folded laundry or something to pass the time... It's a beautiful movie to look at and a clumsy story with a weird ending.
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| Original Score: 2/5
December 21, 2009
Totally lacking in character development. It is like seeing a love story involving toasters.
December 21, 2009
There is a lot that is interesting to see in the world created by Shane Acker but not enough to make the feature film satisfying.
Original Score: 6/10
December 20, 2009
Watch it for the visuals, and dream about what Shane Acker might accomplish with a better screenplay.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
December 17, 2009
If ever there was a greater pity that a film wasn't exhibited in 3-D, I wouldn't know it. Acker's fluid direction and striking visual style would seem to welcome such an embellishment.