2009
Starring: Elijah Wood, John C. Reilly, Jennifer Connelly, Christopher Plummer, Crispin Glover, Martin Landau, Fred Tatasciore
Director: Shane Acker
Runtime: 79 Minutes
Distributor: Focus Features
Rating: PG-13

It is fair to say that if your short film wins you an Oscar, while at the same time turns the heads of both Tim Burton and Nightwatch director Timur Bekmambetov to the point where they want to back you in making it into a feature, then you’re likely harboring a talent that’s pretty special. It’s also fair to say you’re not pushing the bright and bouncy fare the likes of DreamWorks and Pixar. In fact this beautiful dystopic fantasy from former Weta artist Shane Acker, about a band of dolls made sentient during the final days of humanity, could almost serve as a dark funhouse mirror reflection of Toy Story.

A post-apocalyptic flight of fancy bubbling over with ideas and allegories, 9 offers a terrifying vision of the future, but one possessing an overriding message of hope. Somewhere in the not too distant future (or perhaps the past?) humanity’s great machines of war turned on us and we were wiped out. Fearing the worst, one scientist imbued nine stitched up creations with pieces of his on soul. Emerging from the rubble is #9 (Elijah Wood), the last of his creations, possessing a singular curiosity and will to unlock the riddle within and restore the spark of life to our decimated world.

Click here to read the full review at Uinterview.com.

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