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Overview

User Rating:
7.1/10   11,104 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Pamela Pettler (screenplay)
Shane Acker (story)
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Release Date:
9 September 2009 (USA) more
Plot:
A post-apocalyptic nightmare in which all of humanity is threatened. full summary | full synopsis
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Perry's Madea Holds Sway At Box Office
 (From Studio Briefing - Film News. 15 September 2009, 2:00 PM, PDT)

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Cast

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Christopher Plummer ... #1 (voice)

Martin Landau ... #2 (voice)

John C. Reilly ... #5 (voice)

Crispin Glover ... #6 (voice)

Jennifer Connelly ... #7 (voice)
Fred Tatasciore ... #8 / Radio Announcer (voice)

Elijah Wood ... #9 (voice)
Alan Oppenheimer ... The Scientist (voice)

Tom Kane ... Dictator (voice)

Helen Wilson ... Newscaster (voice)
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Rated PG-13 for violence and scary images.
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79 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
USA:PG-13 (certificate #45249) | France:U | Singapore:PG | South Korea:12 | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Ireland:12A | Finland:K-11 | UK:12A | Netherlands:9 | Australia:M | Hong Kong:IIA | Portugal:M/12 (Qualidade)
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The design of 3 and 4 is based on a pair of garden gloves - the thumb can be seen in the back, and the wrist is gathered at the top. more
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Continuity: When searching for the tunnel 5 loses the map and it blows away, yet when 7 finds the tunnel she finds the map propped on a stick a few feet from the tunnel. more
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Scientist: We had such potential, such promise.
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Featured in "This Morning: (2009-10-28)" (2009) more
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Somewhere Over the Rainbow more

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97 out of 140 people found the following comment useful.
9 is a 6, 10 September 2009
6/10
Author: captelephant from United States

9 is better than average... but only barely.

The movie is carried by a unique visual style and a great sense of "place." The sack-men (and woman) are refreshingly odd and fun to watch. The post-apocalyptic city is consistently beautiful and dangerous. Desolate without feeling dull.

Unfortunately, the story and characters ARE dull. Not crushingly so... but enough to frustrate. Frequent, obvious plot holes and violations of established world-rules pulled me out of the movie over and over again. Tired clichés abound. I wasn't able to shake the feeling that I'd seen and heard this all before.

And that's a shame because there's a lot of potential here. If only the writer had taken more chances. Why not challenge the audience and defy expectations? Why make a movie that's too scary for kids but too simplistic for adults? Who is expected to enjoy it?

I would watch another Shane Acker movie if one is made (hopefully after he's picked a target audience). But 9 is not a classic.

... that said, it's probably worth watching on the big screen just for the sights and sounds.

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