Code 46

Truly pointless

I consider this film a masterpiece, shot in breath-taking locations with a dreamy score. A solid love story/futuristic thriller that makes you think of it long after it's over.

Original story with fantastic acting.

Solid plot, great locations, acting and direction, but I felt nothing for the characters. The story is repetitive and you know what happens about 1/4 of the way through the movie. I fell asleep, woke up about 20 minutes from the end and I felt like I was exactly where I left off. If you like distopian future scifi, this is up you alley. If you like art films, this is up your alley. (MW is a really good director) It would make a good rental for a rainy weekend or a $4 (sale price) purchase, but don't pay full price it like I did.

This movie was terrible. The story seemed to not go anywhere and it dragged on far too long. What was the point of this movie? I feel cheated and I want my 92 minutes of my life back.

Albeit, derivative. In particularly, Brave New World meets Sheltering Sky (the novels not the movies). The performances are "good". Cinematography is good as far as the director and editor have let us experience it. But, something went amiss in the directorial thrust. It's not entirely clear whether this is a fault of the screenplay or not. This movie is easily 30 minutes too long. The story is stretched out with repetitive, i.e., gratuitous, scenes of lovemaking (including an odd bondage scene) that do NOT propel the story forward. We get it already! The illicit love story angle will make most of us scratch our heads with bathos, anyway. There are many moments that were rife with further opportunities for character and dramatic exploration, but the director doesn't seem to really understand the dystopian paradigm. The characters constantly allude to leading lives of disquieted desperation; however, I think few viewers would agree that they feel any empathy with them. I thought that a good deal of important narrative is kept from us through the use of manipulative story-tricks--that are intended to prolong the suspense, but, the effect just left me feeling cheated and not a little angry with the film-makers.

One of my favorite science fiction films. It's about characters and a carefully rendered world. It doesn't club the viewer over the head with gadgetry or computer-generated imagery. In fact, the large-scale sets are all real places. It's a great feat of cinematography that they manage to make present-day places look so alien. The relatively tiny budget makes it all the more remarkable.

There were neat elements to the movie but I didn't find anything to learn or experience from the story. I felt like things went unresolved and was too long. It's a shame because the trailer looked interesting.