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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
US Box Office: $0
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... [More]
Starring: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jude Law, Willem Dafoe, Ian Holm
Director: David Cronenberg
Reviews for eXistenZ
Top CriticFans may find certain similarities between eXistenZ and Videodrome bothersome, but both films are the real thing.
10/23/03
A s-fi thriller that challenges us to ponder the propensity we all have for surrendering ourselves to cheap thrills as a substitute for the boredom of reality.
03/04/02
This is Cronenberg country and cyberspace is not a spotless, computer-generated playing platform but a decayed, visceral fug
01/01/00
An evolution for the filmmaker that will reach maturity in the quiet, devastatingly economical eloquence of Spider.
03/09/03
What matters to Cronenberg is the imaginative trip on which his film takes its audience and the eerie feeling of unease it leaves with them at the end.
01/01/00
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
[Cronenberg is] a laughing existentialist here, a philosopher who sees the comedy in disorientation.
07/30/07
The biggest flaw is the film's patent lack of a life pulse
01/01/00
Experienced gamers should find much to savor through the films unique assessments on the nature of reality.
10/25/07
...too clever for its own good. Once you catch on to the gimmick...it isn't half as entertaining.
05/07/01
The story is such a mind trip that most of the audience will be equally and pleasantly confused.
01/01/00
a genuinely jolting yarn... Cronenberg eventually succeeds in making the audience feel as disoriented as Allegra...
06/23/02
Cronenberg needs more than ideas for his next film, he needs a good script and actors who are more suited for their roles.
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