The Congress(2013).An aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn't consider.... Synopsis The Congress(2013)
Movie Title: The Congress(2013)
Run Time: 122 min
Rating: 6.2 / 10
Genres: Animation |Sci-Fi
Release Date: 3 July 2013 (France)
Director: Ari Folman
Writer: Stanislaw Lem (novel),Ari Folman (adaptation)... and other credits
Actor: Robin Wright,Harvey Keitel,Jon Hamm
From what I could find about the novel, this film is completely devoid from it. It only uses the idea of a hallucinogenic chemical that infuses humans into this dream world where everyone is whoever, even whatever, they want to be, wherever they want to be. That's the line, all the rest is new.
I was quite excited for this film but almost all of my expectations fell in the gutter after the first half hour. The characters talk slowly, their expression is almost non-existent, the animation is terribly done with cgi (a lot like the early computer animated Simpsons episodes) and the story is as basic as it can get (an actress sells herself to be animated forever, she goes to a congress and gets stuck in the animated world). The film tries to explain a lot but not in the right places, which makes the pace even slower and the viewer will feel himself alienated from the whole happening.
The Congress seemed trying to reach the "bigger than film" point of view that films produce these days (Tree of Life, Inland Empire, Only God Forgives) but fails miserably. It even mocks itself (after the first animation the main character calls it a "bad acid trip") to justify how dated it is. This film lacks everything animation builds itself on and is -if anything- a parody of the trailer.
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