Rotten
I just don't happen to like puzzle films of any kind, but I must credit Mr. Cronenberg with more intellectual depth than most of his fellow pessimistic movie pranksters.
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
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Play it. Live it. Kill for it.
1999 · 1h 37m · R
Action, Science Fiction, Thriller
Directed by
David Cronenberg
Overview
A game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been damaged.
Director and cast
- David Cronenberg Director
- Jennifer Jason Leigh as Allegra Geller
- Jude Law as Ted Pikul
- Ian Holm as Kiri Vinokur
- Willem Dafoe as Gas
- Don McKellar as Yevgeny Nourish
- Oscar Hsu as Chinese Waiter
- Callum Keith Rennie as Hugo Carlaw
- Christopher Eccleston as Seminar Leader
- Sarah Polley as Merle
- Robert A. Silverman as D'Arcy Nader
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
74%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Dark, delirious fun.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Rotten
It's good art direction in search of an idea.
Jeff Millar, Houston Chronicle
Fresh
Jennifer Jason Leigh is an ideal Cronenberg heroine, projecting a personality that is smart, wary and capable of obsessiveness.
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
Fresh
This darkly sexual sci-fi horror variant by Cronenberg makes The Matrix look like child's play.
Bob Graham, San Francisco Chronicle
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