$9.99 (2008)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Tatia Rosenthal

Writers:

Etgar Keret (screenplay)
Etgar Keret (short stories)

Release Date:

29 April 2009 (France)

Genre:

Animation

Plot:

A stop-motion animated story about people living in a Syndey apartment complex looking for meaning in their lives. |

Plot Keywords:

Money In Title | Number In Title

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Josef Ber
Tom Budge	...	Bisley
Joel Edgerton	...	Ron
Leon Ford	...	Stanton
Samuel Johnson	...	Dave Peck
Claudia Karvan	...	Michelle
Jamie Katsamatsas	...	Zack
Anthony LaPaglia	...	Jim Peck
Ben Mendelsohn	...	Lenny Peck
Henry Nixon	...	Drazen / beanbag / radio announcer (voice)
Barry Otto	...	Albert
Geoffrey Rush	...	Angel
Leeanna Walsman	...	Tanita

MPAA:

Rated R for language and brief sexuality and nudity.

Runtime:

USA:78 min | Canada:78 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Country:

Israel | Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:R | Singapore:M18

Filming Locations:

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Company:

Australian Film Finance Corporation (AFFC)

been done before - But note, you could also do a lot worse

Recently I was invited to a mystery movie – it was called '$9.99' (nine, ninety nine). But obviously I didn't know what it was 'til it was about to start... if I knew before.. I wouldn't have gone – I'd seen an ad a few weeks back and… it hadn't grabbed me.

Here's a review I wrote.

'$9.99' is an Australian stop motion clay stop animation movie... It has voicing the characters - a veritable who's who of Aussie cinema – Geoffery Rush, Anthony LaPaglia, David Fields, Barry Otto, Claudia Karvan (soon to be seen in Daybreakers), Ben Mendelson - maybe it's all those who didn't get in to work in the other recent stop motion clay motion movie 'Mary & Max'.

It's nowhere as good as 'Mary & Max' (Directed by Adam Elliot. With Toni Collette, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Eric Bana & Barry Humphries).

'$9.99' is very twee and feels like its been done before so many times - said in a sarcastic tone- ...'a movie about the depressing facts & fragility of life but wait.. it has resolve & gives us hope! Oh joy... ' This review is no comment on the artwork which was clever and impressive... how its done with the camera and move, shoot again etc... merely the story.

As said earlier, I'd seen the ad for it before at the Dendy cinema and I had thought 'oh no…' I just felt like it had nothing really new to offer.

Catch it on DVD or if you want to go to the movies and nothing else is on, or u want a small lift. But note, you could also do a lot worse than this.