Here's the strangest thing of all: it works.
9 (2009)
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Reviews Counted:150
Fresh:84
Rotten:66
Average Rating:5.8/10
Consensus: Although its story is perhaps too familiar and less complex than some might wish, 9 is visually spectacular, and director Shane Acker's attention to detail succeeds in drawing viewers into the film's universe.
Theatrical Release:28-10-2009
Synopsis:
A new era in animated storytelling begins on 9.9.09. Visionary filmmakers Tim Burton (The Corpse Bride, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory) and Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted, Nightwatch) join forces to...
A new era in animated storytelling begins on 9.9.09. Visionary filmmakers Tim Burton (The Corpse Bride, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory) and Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted, Nightwatch) join forces to produce wunderkind director Shane Acker’s distinctively original and thrilling tale. 9 stars Elijah Wood, John C. Reilly, Jennifer Connelly, Martin Landau, Christopher Plummer and Crispin Glover and features the music of Danny Elfman.
When 9 (The Lord of the Ring’s Elijah Wood) first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world. All humans are gone, and it is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like him taking refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent on their extinction. Despite being the neophyte of the group, 9 convinces the others that hiding will do them no good. They must take the offensive if they are to survive, and they must discover why the machines want to destroy them in the first place. As they'll soon come to learn, the very future of civilization may depend on them. --© Focus Features
Starring: Elijah Wood, Jennifer Connelly, John C. Reilly, Crispin Glover
Starring: Elijah Wood, Jennifer Connelly, John C. Reilly, Crispin Glover, Martin Landau, Christopher Plummer, Fred Tatasciore
Director: Shane Acker
Director: Shane Acker
Screenwriter: Pamela Pettler
Story: Shane Acker
Producer: Jim Lemley, Tim Burton, Timur Bekmambetov
Composer: Deborah Lurie
Studio: Focus Features
Reviews for 9
For all the Saturday-matinee heroics, the movie is dreary and monotonous, the vision junky in more ways than one.
Soul is what distinguished man from brute, and 9 and his appealing cohorts have that in abundance.
Tim Burton and Russian visionary Timur Bekmambetov take producing credits for a movie your kids won't get and you won't enjoy.
Neophyte director Shane Acker creates a visually dazzling, highly imaginative sci-fi animated feature that's marred only by a bland script.
A brilliantly animated and welcome treat for moviegoers searching for adventure, inspiration and complete originality.
The apocalyptic setting may be too familiar, and the tale too slender even for an 80 minute film, but this is an impressive feature debut in which the visuals are striking, the gallery of characters strangely intriguing and the tone properly offbeat.
There is beauty and hope deep inside the nightmare, and you will certainly be moved by 9's adventures.
It certainly is a valuable introduction to an exciting new talent, but by expanding the film's length, characters and otherworldly environment things are strangely diminished.
In the end, the picture's impact derives mostly from its design and assured execution.
Latest News for 9
September 10, 2009:
Critics Consensus: 9 Looks Great, But The Plot's Weak
This week at the movies, we've got post-apocalyptic conflict (9, with voice work by Elijah Wood and Jennifer Connelly); Antarctic intrigue (Whiteout, starring Kate Beckinsale... More...
September 08, 2009:
Shane Acker and Elijah Wood Interviews at Comic-Con ![]()
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September 04, 2009:
9 has an impressive pedigree behind it in the guise of producers Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted, Nightwatch) and the trailer looks intriguing enough despite the cutesy sackcloth characters. ![]()
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January 11, 2009:
Trailer & Poster review ![]()
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