The Congress

Independent | Release Date: August 29, 2014

7.1	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 50 Ratings

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lasttimeisawOct 17, 2014

Israeli director Ari Folman’s fourth film, THE CONGRESS is the much anticipated follow-up after his Oscar-nominated animation-documentary WALTZ WITH BASHIR (2008), which to my ruefulness I have yet to watch, since I am eternally lagging inIsraeli director Ari Folman’s fourth film, THE CONGRESS is the much anticipated follow-up after his Oscar-nominated animation-documentary WALTZ WITH BASHIR (2008), which to my ruefulness I have yet to watch, since I am eternally lagging in the field of documentaries, let alone a war documentary.

THE CONGRESS has an intrinsically distinctive allure of its own because it is a film creatively amalgamate live-action with animation, and inspired by Stanislaw Lem’s Sci-Fi novel THE FUTUROLOGICAL CONGRESS, it ambitiously challenges to handle a thornier theme of human race’s incorrigible addiction to chemicals which ultimately erase all one egos than it appears to suggest, a showbiz industry agism satire and the advance of technology which foreshadows the doom of the line of actor (which both FINALE FANTSY: THE SPIRITS WITHIN 2001, and the film itself can justify at least for now, animation cannot replace real actors, live-capture may be a more probable contrivance).

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inaneswineNov 14, 2017

With a great concept, a promising beginning and an effective performance from Wright as herself, Ari Folman really overthought this piece, and it just descends into animated nonsense. After spending quite a while trying and occasionallyWith a great concept, a promising beginning and an effective performance from Wright as herself, Ari Folman really overthought this piece, and it just descends into animated nonsense. After spending quite a while trying and occasionally succeeding in making you think, it struggles to keep you awake through its long and painfully drawn out conclusion.… Expand

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tvnewsguidoSep 27, 2014

It just didn't work.

Stanisław Lem, like Philip K. Dick and Theodore Sturgeon, is tough to get right. This film's portrayal of drugged Utopian fantasy seemed too silly and simply did not fit with the rest of the movie's tone. RobinIt just didn't work.

Stanisław Lem, like Philip K. Dick and Theodore Sturgeon, is tough to get right. This film's portrayal of drugged Utopian fantasy seemed too silly and simply did not fit with the rest of the movie's tone.

Robin Wright was solid throughout but once the movie arrives at The Congress there just wasn't much she could do to help.… Expand

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