Creative Control

Name: Creative Control
Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama
Released: March 11, 2016
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 58
Cast: Alexia Rasmussen, Benjamin Dickinson, Dan Gill, Nora Zehetner

2016

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Amazon Studios | Release Date: March 11, 2016 | R

Starring: Alexia Rasmussen, Benjamin Dickinson, Dan Gill, Nora Zehetner

Summary: The setting is New York, 5 minutes in the future. The glorious technological advances and communication devices of the near future meant to increase connectivity and alleviate boredom are only increasing the anxiety level of the insecure New Yorkers who've inherited them. David (Benjamin Dickinson) is an overworked, tech-addled advertisingThe setting is New York, 5 minutes in the future. The glorious technological advances and communication devices of the near future meant to increase connectivity and alleviate boredom are only increasing the anxiety level of the insecure New Yorkers who've inherited them. David (Benjamin Dickinson) is an overworked, tech-addled advertising executive developing a high-profile marketing campaign for a new generation of Augmented Reality glasses. Feeling stuck in his relationship with yoga teacher Juliette (Nora Zehetner), he envies the charmed life of his best friend, fashion photographer Wim (Dan Gill) and his entrancing girlfriend Sophie (Alexia Rasmussen) - so he uses the glasses to develop a life-like avatar of her. Unwittingly, fantasy and reality begin to blur. As passions escalate and things get increasingly out of hand, the friends are forced to deal with the impending collision between their public, private and imaginary lives.… Expand

Director: Benjamin Dickinson

Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Drama

Rating: R

Runtime: 97 min

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IndieWire Eric Kohn

Mar 9, 2016

Visually scrumptious and slickly told, Creative Control illustrates the power of groundbreaking technology while also indicting its extremes. Read full review

Bryan Bishop

Mar 23, 2016

While it may not be entirely successful, it’s a film filled with clever insights, driven by the kind of sharp filmmaking voice that can push the genre forward. Read full review

Soren Andersen

Mar 18, 2016

Creative Control is a hypnotic voyage into a society where technology addiction comes to rule and ruin those who fall under its seductive spell. Read full review

Dominick Suzanne-Mayer

Mar 9, 2016

Creative Control ably captures the entitled narcissism of modern Brooklyn twentysomethings by way of a plausible near-future, Read full review

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

Mar 9, 2016

In the end, it all comes down a cautionary tale call to “real life” — a call that the movie will heed, just as soon as it’s done with this latest scene of David pretending to f--k a polygonal figure to Vivaldi. Read full review

Ty Burr

Mar 17, 2016

You realize the movie isn’t nearly as clever as it looks. Read full review

Clayton Dillard

Mar 7, 2016

The film is overrun with characters, but it's less interested in their identity than their plasticity. Read full review

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Brent_Marchant

Mar 15, 2016

This smartly written, beautifully filmed, superbly acted independent comedy-drama about modern technology, what we're doing with it and what it's doing to us presents a scathing indictment of modern culture and its questionable effects. When an ad agency is hired to come up with a campaignThis smartly written, beautifully filmed, superbly acted independent comedy-drama about modern technology, what we're doing with it and what it's doing to us presents a scathing indictment of modern culture and its questionable effects. When an ad agency is hired to come up with a campaign for computer eyewear with interactive capabilities, the organization puts its best man, David (Benjamin Dickinson), on the account. To learn about the product, David tries it out, but the technology's capabilities are so compelling that he quickly loses his capacity for distinguishing what's "real" and what he's created using the product. This creates big issues in his relationships with his girlfriend (Nora Zehetner) and a co-worker (Alexia Rasmussen) with whom he's become obsessed.

The film's wry but relevant metaphysical underpinnings give us pause to think about what we're creating and what we're becoming as a result of it. Actor/writer/director Benjamin Dickinson, a bona fide rising star, offers up an insightful picture whose thoughtful messages are delivered with incisive humor in a gorgeous, ironic package that definitely deserves wide exposure.… Expand

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EpicLadySponge

May 10, 2016

The movie where at least naming your movie with the word 'creative' somewhere in your title and a scratchy plot with satisfactory acting is actually inventive.

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