It's almost painful to watch the immense promise of "The Congress," Ari Folman's spectacularly ambitious experiment, dissipate into nothing.
– Elizabeth Weitzman,
New York Daily News,
3 Sep 2014
fresh:
A dystopian blend of live-action and animation that acidly comments on some of Hollywood's touchiest issues before drifting off into an existential fog.
– Lou Lumenick,
New York Post,
3 Sep 2014
fresh:
A half-live-action, half-animated headtrip that throws Robin Wright into a dizzying showbiz paradigm shift.
– Tom Russo,
Boston Globe,
4 Sep 2014
fresh:
An acquired taste, this dense Jabberwocky-ish word salad is a political allegory about a populace that's been pharmaceutically duped into believing its wretched world is wonderful.
– Manohla Dargis,
New York Times,
4 Sep 2014
rotten:
The anger drains out of the picture, and we watch in a state of passive appreciation and indifference.