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01/26/06
eXistenZ (1999)
73 %
Reviews Counted: 44 Fresh: 32 Rotten:12 Average Rating: 7/10
Consensus:
Gooey, slimy, grotesque fun.
Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins
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 fanatics. She is forced to go into hiding with a novice security guard (Jude Law) sworn to... [More]
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Starring: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jude Law, Willem Dafoe, Ian Holm, Don McKellar
Director: David Cronenberg
Screenwriter: David Cronenberg
Producer: David Cronenberg, Andras Hamori, Robert Lantos
Composer: Howard Shore
Screenwriter: David Cronenberg
Producer: David Cronenberg, Andras Hamori, Robert Lantos
Composer: Howard Shore
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03/05/02
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Experienced gamers should find much to savor through the films unique assessments on the nature of reality.
10/25/07
[Cronenberg is] a laughing existentialist here, a philosopher who sees the comedy in disorientation.
07/30/07
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04/27/07
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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.
07/02/04
Fans may find certain similarities between eXistenZ and Videodrome bothersome, but both films are the real thing.
10/23/03
An evolution for the filmmaker that will reach maturity in the quiet, devastatingly economical eloquence of Spider.
03/09/03
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a genuinely jolting yarn... Cronenberg eventually succeeds in making the audience feel as disoriented as Allegra...
06/23/02
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06/05/02
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