Atropia

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Atropia

2025

1h 44m

Drama

War

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Fayruz is the star thespian of Atropia, a fake country the US military has devised for immersive training. Though she takes great pride in her work, Fayruz believes her tenure here is but a stepping stone on the way to an illustrious acting career in Hollywood. When she meets Abu Dice, an experienced soldier playing the role of an insurgent, their romance quickly threatens their respective ambitions and questions their allegiance to the military and Atropia's purpose. Set on the eve of Bush's "surge", the bloodiest year of the war, Atropia is a comedic love story cast against a uniquely absurd American backdrop.

Rocco T. Thompson

Slant Magazine

In its messy unreality, in the way its characters remain as ignorant in the end as they were at the start of the film, in its looking back at 2006 from our post-fact era, it finds something profoundly simple in the trivial.

Rated: 2.5/4

Feb 3, 2025

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Siddhant Adlakha

Variety

Both its lampooning of U.S. militarism and its central character drama lack follow-through.

Feb 3, 2025

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Benjamin Lee

Guardian

A deadening jumble of ideas, tones, motivations and genres that just doesn’t coalesce into much of anything. It gives one the frustrating feeling of emptiness despite such a rich subject.

Rated: 2/5

Jan 28, 2025

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Rendy Jones

Rendy Reviews

Atropia is barely a movie, more of a backdoor pilot for an FX series that would have aired in 2009

Rated: 2.5/5

Feb 20, 2025

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Frank J. Avella

Edge Media Network

(Atropia) is the stuff of genius satire with a fab ensemble led by the hilarious Alia Shawkat and sexy charmer Callum Turner.

Rated: A-

Feb 17, 2025

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Kristy Strouse

Film Inquiry

While Alia Shawkat is amazing and the film’s absurdity amusing, it never fully capitalizes on its premise.

Feb 11, 2025

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Synopsis

Fayruz is the star thespian of Atropia, a fake country the US military has devised for immersive training. Though she takes great pride in her work, Fayruz believes her tenure here is but a stepping stone on the way to an illustrious acting career in Hollywood. When she meets Abu Dice, an experienced soldier playing the role of an insurgent, their romance quickly threatens their respective ambitions and questions their allegiance to the military and Atropia's purpose. Set on the eve of Bush's "surge", the bloodiest year of the war, Atropia is a comedic love story cast against a uniquely absurd American backdrop.

Director: Hailey Gates
Producer: Naima Abed, Emilie Georges, Luca Guadagnino, Lana Kim, Jett Steiger
Screenwriter: Hailey Gates
Production Co: Frenesy Films, Paradise City, Ways & Means
Genre: Drama, War
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 44m