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$9.99 (2009)
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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
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
Reviews for $9.99
It's an entertaining, depressing and ultimately hopeful movie about the times we live in.
Unless you're a fan of Keret's, you likely won't get much out of this odd, R-rated trifle.
A charming, poetic and at times surreal stop-motion animation co-written with Etgar Keret and based on the Israeli writer's short stories.
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.
Stop-action animation of painted sculptures creates beautiful, full-bodied characters with bemused sophistication and tender charm, where the odd becomes sweetly normal.
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.
Utilizes stop-motion animation to explore semi-fantastical ideas that couldn’t otherwise be touched on in live-action.
This often haunting stop-motion Claymation movie ultimately suffers from what bedevils many live-action movies culled from short stories: a herky-jerky plot.
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.
[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.
$9.99 uses an extraordinary technique to bring the Israeli writer Etgar Keret’s world to life.
It’s a sleepy film, both in its consciously low-key execution and in its startling flashes of dreamlike whimsy.
Using the droll, wise stories of Etgar Keret as her guide, Israeli filmmaker Tatia Rosenthal concocts an artful film that expresses deep thoughts, lightly.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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