Unlimitedia Sick Product of a Sick System

Grimerlana Plenty to Like, Plenty to Dislike

Stevecorp Don't listen to the negative reviews

Freaktana A Major Disappointment

setaside2 Genius. Pure, sleight-of-hand-animated, single cel by single celled organ... genius. If only more people could refer to their movies as "labors of love" and truly mean LABOR as in... giving birth. The blood couldn't be more ever-present.Five things for me: the themes of government over individuality (that is to say that money and might makes right), the theory of what I REALLY want to do to my in laws (if I had them), how to hum a happy little tune of some random order all the while, what's really going through a guy's head during sex, and how DID you get to be so cute?Please note that the complexity and intellectuality of the most important things were presented in a descending order. The movie moves a bit more erratically, though with a lot more color and sound.Watch it. If only to say you did. If only to turn to someone else the previous day and say, "I watched this flick last night. I don't know if I'll sleep properly for a week but I've got to own it."It's like being the guy who drinks something out of a cup that's been sitting out for three days, gagging furiously and then looking to your roommate and saying, "Man, this stuff tastes like s#!t. You've got to try it!" Only in a good way. The movie looks gorgeous, is captivating as only lovingly tendered sick humor (with a certain political morality) could be, and is easily one of the most originally sketched visions in motion picture history.Enjoy. Bill Plympton is the man.

shrubbmeister The freakiest funny animated movie ever. Plympton is whacked. I have seen his shorts, but this takes the cake. What a hoot. It has no redeeming value. It just makes you laugh. Total absurdity at it's finest. If you hate this, feel sorry for your comedic side. You at least have to appreciate the animation. Plot aside, or plot against, just too creative for words. If you like Monty Python's animation, you'll love this.

Captain Ed I love Bill Plympton's animation. I remember going to animation festivals in the early-to-mid 80's and his short-shorts being a staple. He has an active imagination, his work shows movement at all times, and his artwork even approaches beauty in its own way.That all being said, this is a movie that could have been. The trademark Bill Plympton weirdness is all there, and it's really all the film is about. This could have easily been a twenty-minute short, and probably should have been. The same plot actions are repeated over and over again, simply to give Plympton opportunities to be more weird. These pieces -- in themselves -- are fascinating, but it makes the entire movie crawl. There IS a plot, it's just very underdeveloped.I'd still recommend it to Plympton fans, but anyone else will be extremely annoyed.

DaJ I find Bill Plympton's animation on MTV to be interesting. Having said that, I think this theatrical release proves that his work is best limited to the short format. Numerous times during the screening, I found myself looking at my watch and marvelling that only five more minutes had passed since the last time I looked. The jerky animation had only a little to do with it; it was just simply not all that interesting as a whole. Not bad, but definitely not all that good either.