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Following its own brand of logic, Paprika is an eye-opening mind trip that is difficult to follow but never fails to dazzle. Read critic reviews
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Dr. Atsuko Chiba works as a scientist by day and, under the code name "Paprika," is a dream detective at night. Atsuko and her colleagues are working on a device called the DC Mini, which is intended to help psychiatric patients, but in the wrong hands it could destroy people's minds. When a prototype is stolen, Atsuko/Paprika springs into action to recover it before damage is done.
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Rating: R (Violent and Sexual Images)
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Genre: Sci-fi, Action, Adventure, Anime
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Original Language: Japanese
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Director: Satoshi Kon
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Producer: Jungo Maruta, Masao Takiyama
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Writer: Satoshi Kon, Seishi Minakami
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Release Date (Theaters): limited
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Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
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Production Co: Madhouse Productions
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Paprika is a kaleidoscopic and phantasmagoric animated thriller, a bewildering ride through dreams mixed with more dreams mixed with waking life. Now for some films, if you do not get what its makers are trying to say, it is lost on you. This is not so with Paprika. This is the kind of film one can watch and find highly entertaining without having much of a clue what it is about. The "Parade of Everything" is quite a sight for lovers of whimsy and fantasy, symbols and the surreal. While there are various weak points to the film, but there is not much point to mentioning them. Why? Well, when something goes for it on a grand scale, as Paprika does, it is better to watch and appreciate what it does right. Beyond the vibrant images, the direction does something special with the choreography, the movement on-screen. You get this wonderful feeling of animation, everything brought to life by imagination and the mind. So if you enjoy crazy dreams or the carnivale, definitely give Paprika a view.
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Constantly bizarre and featuring a mind-bending narrative, Paprika won't please everyone, but it offers up an unrestrained, refreshing sense of originality and distinct personality, if not much else.
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A film that is way ahead of its time, Paprika is an acid trip of an anime epic. The story is mind bending and the animations are more ridiculous than that face melting scene from Raiders of the lost Ark. In just 3 minutes of starting the film, the tone is established and the audience is presented with imaginative characters. An underrated gem but can match the likes of classics like Spirited Away and Akira.
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Seems like director Satoshi Kon was obsessed with the human mind, often mixing reality and dreams (or memories with Millennium Actress) and this one is the ultimate mash up. Clever, funny and action packed, Paprika is one hell of an anime. Very neat.
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