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9 (S)

Original title

9aka

AKA

Nine
Number 9

Year

2009

Running time

79 min.

Country

United States

Director

Shane Acker

Screenwriter

Pamela Pettler. Story: Shane Acker

Cast

Music

Deborah Lurie

Cinematography

Animation

Producer

Focus Features, Relativity Studios, Tim Burton Productions. Producer: Tim Burton, Timur Bekmambetov

Genre

Animation. Fantasy. Sci-Fi. War. Adventure | Steampunk. Post-apocalyptic Future. Remake

Synopsis

9 takes place in a world parallel to our own, in which the very legacy of humanity is threatened. A group of sapient rag dolls, living a post-apocalyptic existence find one of their own, 9 (Wood), who displays leadership qualities that may help them to survive. The conflicted but resilient group includes 1 (Plummer), a domineering war veteran; 2 (Landau), an aged inventor; 5 (Reilly), a stalwart mechanic; 6 (Glover), a visionary and artist; and 7 (Connelly), a brave warrior.[4][5] The trailer also depicts 3 and 4 as identical, hooded rag dolls whose numbers are on their front, and 8 as a hulking warrior, whose number is marked on his right shoulder unlike the others, who bear their numbers on their backs.

Rankings Position

#139 Best Remakes in the history of film

Awards: 2009: Annie Awards: 2 Nominations

2009: Producers Guild Awards (PGA): Nominated for Best Animated Film

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Critics' reviews

"Every effort to expand the range of feature-length animation beyond the confines of cautious family fare is to be welcomed, and budding techno and fantasy geeks are likely to be intrigued"

A. O. Scott: The New York Times
"Design aspects are arresting and the filmmaker's abilities are obvious, but the basic survival story remains slight"

Todd McCarthy: Variety
"There's the strangest thing of all: it works"

Anthony Lane: The New Yorker
"It’s a perfectly functional, fairly scary kids’ film, with plenty of craft and creativity to keep adults occupied. But with a story as sophisticated as its visuals, it could have been much more."

Tasha Robinson: AV Club
"'9' never adds up to much. It's a dark adult film that gives itself over to the chases and frights of a kiddie movie."

The Hollywood Reporter
"A big treat for more mature animation and science-fiction fans and a triumph for the young director."

Peter Hartlaub: SFGATE
"Sobering stuff for an animated movie that pitches itself somewhere between cutesy children’s entertainment and hectoring Grimm’s fairy tale. The problem with 9, though, is that it lacks a consistent tone."

Keith Uhlich: Time Out
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83 My Top 10 Movies from 2009 (34)

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