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Teknolust (2002)

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Reviews Counted:32

Fresh:9

Rotten:23

Average Rating:4.3/10

Runtime: 82 mins

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: This futuristic comedy from director Lynn Hershman Leeson puts a funny spin on recent advancements in science and technology, namely cloning. When Rosetta Stone (Tilda Swinton), a scientist... This futuristic comedy from director Lynn Hershman Leeson puts a funny spin on recent advancements in science and technology, namely cloning. When Rosetta Stone (Tilda Swinton), a scientist conducting biology research, has a major breakthrough and writes a paper about it, her colleagues suspect that she has already tried out her theories in real-life experiments. Unbeknownst to them, Rosetta has created a formula in her computer that combines DNA and software to make the perfect being: part-robot, part-human. She has produced three female test subjects: Ruby, Olive, and Marine (all played by Swinton) who live in the refurbished and fully computer-and-video-equipped basement of her apartment. Her clones keep her company, entertain her, and listen to her problems. Their only flaw is that they need a chemical found in sperm to survive, so Ruby is programmed to seduce human men and share the sperm with the other two. Trouble starts when Ruby transmits a computer virus to the men she seduces, crashing their "hard drives." The problem is exacerbated when Ruby falls in love with her neighbor, Sandy (Jeremy Davies). When a private detective, Dirty Dick (Karen Black), is hired by one of Rosetta's coworkers to learn the truth about her research, it becomes almost impossible to keep the clones a secret, especially as they develop their own personalities, self-will, and curiosity about the world. [More]

Starring: Tilda Swinton, Jeremy Davies, Josh Kornbluth, Thomas Jay Ryan

Starring: Tilda Swinton, Jeremy Davies, Josh Kornbluth, Thomas Jay Ryan, James Urbaniak, Karen Black

Director: Lynn Hershman Leeson

Director: Lynn Hershman Leeson
Screenwriter: Lynn Hershman Leeson
Producer: Lynn Hershman Leeson, Youssef Vahabzadeh, John Bradford King, Oscar Gubernati
Composer: Klaus Badelt
Studio: ThinkFilm

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Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/06/05
Film Threat
N/R

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Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
11/19/04
Daniel Mudie Cunningham
Daniel Mudie Cunningham
PopMatters

A silly mad scientist film dealing mostly with feminist issues.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
09/22/04
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
N/R

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Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
03/16/04
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Fails as entertainment, being so ineptly directed and written it often has the feel of a high school production by kids with more money and ambition than talent.

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02/20/04
Jonathan Foreman
Jonathan Foreman
New York Post

viewers have to endure new media artist Lynn Hershman Leeson’s uncomfortable attempts at taking her cracking-stiff theories and translating them into dramatic narrative form

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
02/20/04
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

Leeson's sensibility is a thoroughly irritating mix of intellectual hauteur and juvenile smuttiness.

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02/19/04
Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide

A muddled mess of cybernetics and new-age philosophy that goes nowhere slow, despite its abbreviated 80-minute running time

Full Review Source: FilmJerk.com | comment Comment
02/19/04
Edward Havens
Edward Havens
FilmJerk.com

A minor addition to the tiny genre of feminist science fiction films.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
02/19/04
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
New York Times
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Can a movie be fascinating and boring at the same time?

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02/19/04
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

It's a quiet tour de force for Tilda Swinton.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
02/18/04
Laura Sinagra
Laura Sinagra
Village Voice

'Teknolust' embarrassingly resembles insulting, insistent television commercials. Unfortunately, they may be the future.

Full Review Source: ReelTalk Movie Reviews | comment Comment
02/14/04
Donald J. Levit
Donald J. Levit
ReelTalk Movie Reviews

Wallows in dubious plot constructions, shoddy design, immature camera work, and a fatiguing lack of thrill.

Full Review Source: Mixed Reviews | comment Comment
02/06/04
Gabriel Shanks
Gabriel Shanks
Mixed Reviews

I can't imagine anyone not being disappointed by this movie, which dares to be different yet fails miserably doing so.

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02/02/04
Paul Sherman
Paul Sherman
Boston Herald

Clumsy, no question, but perhaps understandably burdened by its sprawling ambition.

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12/24/03
Walter Chaw
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central

The picture proves tiring, its pretty, color-coordinated images are like flipping through a funky fashion magazine.

Full Review Source: Oregonian | comment Comment
11/28/03
Kim Morgan
Kim Morgan
Oregonian

Stumbles from one catatonic scene to the next, mixing aggressively 'clever' ideas with strident dialogue.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
11/14/03
Ty Burr
Ty Burr
Boston Globe

The plot is vapor, but tech whimsy, movie lifts and funny multiples of Swinton sustain a San Franciscan charm.

Full Review Source: San Diego Union-Tribune | comment Comment
10/31/03
David Elliott
David Elliott
San Diego Union-Tribune

Yes, it's odd that a movie so focused on sex and computers could be a complete letdown, but this bizarre trip is just that.

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10/23/03
E! Online

Witty, surprisingly tender.

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10/22/03
Ernest Hardy
Ernest Hardy
L.A. Weekly
 
 
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