The Congress

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mor c Me malviaje y ni siquiera consumo Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 09/29/24 Full Review Bryan P Harvey Keitel is no good in this, but its brief. Aside from that and maybe a few other goofy things that if you question too hard it ruins everything... this movie rules. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/12/24 Full Review Orin D I read Lem's SciFi masterpiece long ago and admired it greatly. This mishmash of live action and boring animation does the book a great disservice. Some fine acting talent is wasted is this debacle. My wife made us watch it until the end, which I thought would never arrive. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 06/11/24 Full Review Alec B The film has some great and original concepts about the future of imagery and society but doesn't really develop them or the characters clearly enough. Honestly for this to have worked and be truly immersive, the whole thing would need to be around 4 hours long. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 12/13/23 Full Review Jim M The first half of this movie was pretty good but left me thinking "what are they going to do in the second half". Well, they decided to ruin the movie with animated, drug-induced bullshit. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 08/12/23 Full Review nina m If you don't like movies that have underlying meaning and require some thought, then you won't like this. It's somewhat complex and very unusual and I think could've been really spectacular but there were certain aspects that fell a bit flat and ended up conflating the themes it was trying to get across. The movie presents themes of corporatization of storytelling, the corruption of commercialism, the development and growth of power in the entertainment industry, the influence and negative effect of social media on consumerism and identity, all presented in a unique way. Unfortunately, this movie doesn't quite get the messages across as well as it could have. I think some people might find some of the purpose lost in the trippy animation. I like Robin Wright as an actor, I'm just not sure she was the best actor for this role, she doesn't necessarily have the widest range, particularly when it comes to emotion—she's great in melancholy parts (and there's a lot here), but outside of those her character just isn't always believable. It's a cool premise, just not executed all that well. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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