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eXistenZ (1999)

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Reviews Counted:44

Fresh:32

Rotten:12

Average Rating:7/10

Consensus: Gooey, slimy, grotesque fun.

Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Synopsis: A renowned international virtual reality game designer (Jennifer Jason Leigh), creator of a new interactive game called eXistenZ, becomes the target of an assassination plot by a group of religious... A renowned international virtual reality game designer (Jennifer Jason Leigh), creator of a new interactive game called eXistenZ, becomes the target of an assassination plot by a group of religious fanatics. She is forced to go into hiding with a novice security guard (Jude Law) sworn to protect her. However, during the chase the two of them experience a world where the boundaries of fantasy and reality are blurred and nothing is as it seems. A psychosexual mindbender from director David Cronenberg. [More]

Starring: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jude Law, Willem Dafoe, Ian Holm

Starring: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jude Law, Willem Dafoe, Ian Holm, Don McKellar, Sarah Polley, Callum Keith Rennie, Christopher Eccleston, Kristopher Lemche

Director: David Cronenberg

Director: David Cronenberg
Screenwriter: David Cronenberg
Producer: David Cronenberg, Andras Hamori, Robert Lantos
Composer: Howard Shore

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08/07/08
Jim Lane
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review

Experienced gamers should find much to savor through the films unique assessments on the nature of reality.

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10/25/07
Rob Humanick
Rob Humanick
Projection Booth

[Cronenberg is] a laughing existentialist here, a philosopher who sees the comedy in disorientation.

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07/30/07
Rob Gonsalves
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07/21/05
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Brave moviegoers and fans of writer-director David Cronenberg will find funny dialogue and grotesquely engrossing scenes in his latest sci-fi horror tale.

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07/02/04
Judith Egerton
Judith Egerton
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)

Fans may find certain similarities between eXistenZ and Videodrome bothersome, but both films are the real thing.

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10/23/03
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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05/14/03
Jeanne Aufmuth
Jeanne Aufmuth
Palo Alto Weekly

An evolution for the filmmaker that will reach maturity in the quiet, devastatingly economical eloquence of Spider.

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03/09/03
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11/07/02
James Rocchi
James Rocchi
Netflix

a genuinely jolting yarn... Cronenberg eventually succeeds in making the audience feel as disoriented as Allegra...

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06/23/02
James Sanford
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06/05/02
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