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Reviews Counted: 25

Fresh: 20

Rotten:5

Average Rating: 6.7/10

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for language and brief sexuality and nudity

Runtime: 78 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Jun 19, 2009 Limited

Synopsis: Based on the Short Stories of Etgar Keret, $9.99 is a stop motion animated feature which offers slightly less than $10 worth about the meaning of life. Have you ever wondered "What is the... Based on the Short Stories of Etgar Keret, $9.99 is a stop motion animated feature which offers slightly less than $10 worth about the meaning of life.

Have you ever wondered "What is the meaning of life? Why do we exist?" The answer to this vexing question is now within your reach! You'll find it in a small yet amazing booklet, which will explain, in easy to follow, simple terms your reason for being! The booklet, printed on the finest paper, contains illuminating, exquisite color pictures, and could be yours for a mere $9.99.

This is the ad that alters the life of the unemployed 28 year old who still lives at home, Dave Peck. In his struggle to share his find with the world, Dave¡¦s surreal path crosses with those of his unusual neighbors: an old man and his disgruntled guardian angel, a magician in debt, a bewitching woman who likes her men extra smooth, a brokenhearted man who befriends a group of hard partying two inch tall students, and a little boy who sets his piggy bank free. Their stories are woven together, examining the post-modern meaning of hope.--© Regent Releasing [More]

Starring: Geoffrey Rush, Anthony LaPaglia, Samuel Johnson, Claudia Karvan

Starring: Geoffrey Rush, Anthony LaPaglia, Samuel Johnson, Claudia Karvan, Joel Edgerton, Barry Otto, Leanna Walsman

Director: Tatia Rosenthal

Director: Tatia Rosenthal
Screenwriter: Tatia Rosenthal, Etgar Keret
Producer: Emile Sherman, Amir Harel
Composer: Christopher Bowen
Studio: Regent Releasing

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Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
07/10/09
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

It's an entertaining, depressing and ultimately hopeful movie about the times we live in.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
07/10/09
Peter Hartlaub
San Francisco Chronicle
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Unless you're a fan of Keret's, you likely won't get much out of this odd, R-rated trifle.

Full Review Source: Washington City Paper | comment Comment
06/26/09
Tricia Olszewski
Washington City Paper

A charming, poetic and at times surreal stop-motion animation co-written with Etgar Keret and based on the Israeli writer's short stories.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
06/26/09
Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post
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A movie that entertains and enlightens without being preachy.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
06/25/09
Janice Page
Boston Globe
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I was intrigued to learn what the filmmakers think the meaning of life is, but the movie merely dances and alludes without coming right down to anything.

Full Review Source: Christianity Today | comment Comment
06/24/09
Frederica Mathewes-Green
Christianity Today

Stop-action animation of painted sculptures creates beautiful, full-bodied characters with bemused sophistication and tender charm, where the odd becomes sweetly normal.

Full Review Source: Film-Forward.com | comment Comment
06/19/09
Nora Lee Mandel
Film-Forward.com

With all the hoo-ha over Up, the latest Pixar extravaganza, it would be a loss if the highly worthy little animated feature $9.99 got buried in the avalanche.

Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | comment Comment
06/19/09
Peter Rainer
Christian Science Monitor

Utilizes stop-motion animation to explore semi-fantastical ideas that couldn’t otherwise be touched on in live-action.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
06/19/09
Sara Schieron
Boxoffice Magazine

This often haunting stop-motion Claymation movie ultimately suffers from what bedevils many live-action movies culled from short stories: a herky-jerky plot.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
06/19/09
Joe Neumaier
New York Daily News
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Fans of deadpan comic fantasy writers like Douglas Adams and Kurt Vonnegut are likely to be intrigued by this lively little packet of weird -- then dive like a dolphin into Keret's loopy story volumes.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
06/19/09
Kyle Smith
New York Post
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[Director] Rosenthal gives the entire production a lovely, fine-art look, and a real feeling that we're looking at life as it's lived -- even if there are angels involved, and everyone is made of modeling clay.

Full Review Source: Newark Star-Ledger | comment Comment
06/19/09
Stephen Whitty
Newark Star-Ledger
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$9.99 uses an extraordinary technique to bring the Israeli writer Etgar Keret’s world to life.

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06/19/09
A.O. Scott
New York Times
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It’s a sleepy film, both in its consciously low-key execution and in its startling flashes of dreamlike whimsy.

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06/18/09
Tasha Robinson
AV Club

oddly eloquent

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06/18/09
Chris Cabin
Filmcritic.com

Using the droll, wise stories of Etgar Keret as her guide, Israeli filmmaker Tatia Rosenthal concocts an artful film that 
 expresses deep thoughts, lightly.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
06/17/09
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly
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Animation is so often used for frivolous flights of fancy that it’s something of a shock to see it employed in the service of a tale that emphasizes human foible and mortality.

Full Review Source: Time Out New York | comment Comment
06/17/09
Keith Uhlich
Time Out New York

Etgar Keret is sometimes described as Israel's Woody Allen, but this hugely popular humorist is more fanciful and morbid in his evocation of cultural schlemielery.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
06/16/09
J. Hoberman
Village Voice
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The visual style could be called a cross between Edward Hopper and R. Crumb, by way of Gumby. Its handmade quality is just one of the many appealing things about it.

Full Review Source: Hollywood & Fine | comment Comment
06/16/09
Marshall Fine
Hollywood & Fine

Intriguing as a flawed experiment in animation, "nine dollars ninety-nine" suffers from a lack of thematic continuity that leaves the audience wanting both more and less--more story and less metaphor.

Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com | comment Comment
06/12/09
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