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ThrillMessage There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.

Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Kayden This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

Luke Zohn This movie was great. More people should check it out. This movie deserves 10 out of 10 stars. It really delves into the esoteric and brings it into the exoteric. It reveals a lot of the machinations of the corporate machine. If you are a person who is capable of thinking for yourself on any level, this movie is a must see. If you're a completely brainwashed automaton that has no desire to see what's really going on in the real world, this movie is NOT for you.You might not like this movie if you enjoy watching piece of crap shows like Hoarders, Jerry Springer, Judge Judy, etc.You might really like this movie if you're into esoteric writers/philosophers/metaphysicians like Rudolf Steiner, Wilhelm Reich, etc.

hazysistersunshine33 This is going to be a tough one to review because I'm not sure if I completely understand it and that doesn't happen to often with me, so you know it has to be pretty complicated. It very artsy fartsy and there are a lot of messages going on in it and they don't give them to you on a silver platter. You will have to concentrate on this one and even then, good luck. It's about an advertising executive that goes way too far to sell products. It's about consumerism and how it has become an integral part of our culture. It also seems to infuse a little bit a supernatural aspects to it in the form of a ritual performed by the advertising agent where he slaughters bull. It has these cute and weird looking creatures coming out of people's bodies that look like they would be designed by a Japanese or Animae company almost. These creatures swayed you to do things for instant gratification like eating a ton of fast food and getting fat. So there is also a statement about obesity in our society. The movie makes a lot of good points and I appreciate what it's trying so say and it certainly does have a style all its own. It's not imitative of anything I've ever seen which makes it a little difficult to wrap my brain around it. My brain almost hurts trying to decipher it. I just wish it was a bit more accessible. I love the visuals. They are really funky. The only two people I recognize in it are Ed Stoppard, Leelee Sobieski, Jeffrey Tambor and Max von Sydow, so it's a pretty good cast and they all do a good job. Check it out if you want a mind bending experience.

bluefire-6 I was curious when I saw this movie listed on Netflix in the "Science Fiction/Fantasy" genre. Hardly. This is a political and cultural satire and allegory, a couple levels higher than Man Men. It could easily elude viewers bringing to it more literal expectations. The idea that the world is a conspiracy of brands isn't an entirely new one. Fifth Sense explored this theme in film and even earlier, Heinlein in his classic novel, The Man Who Sold the Moon. But Branded additionally gets into the contradictions of capitalism and communism, and their similarities -- especially total control in each case of the cultural milieu and the social conversation. Very heavy, especially the depiction of Belarus as a single well-integrated ad. The same could be said of the United States of America. Maybe even more so.The film's production qualities are excellent and the acting universally superior. I will recommend this film to all my friends who have the intellectual capacity for its appreciation.

Roman Narusevich The movie describes the destruction of the World by greedy corporations as they battle between themselves over the minds of the people, using any dirty tricks to manipulate us into "slavery" and "worship" of the brands they advertise. The movie is trying to portray ordinary men as stupid animals, a flock of sheep, unable to think and reason, blindly following every advertisement they are shown on TV. In the end, the "good" Governments step in and "shield" the masses with regulation prohibiting advertising and branding at all. Then finally tranquility rests upon the World... The movie uses very graphic imaging to draw the evil of branding by private enterprises and suggests that only Governments should be allowed to engage into advertisement, using Soviet Union as an example... Truly a brilliant piece of Communist propaganda!