Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined

Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

Loui Blair It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

Ginger Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

KinoGeist First off: I don't live or work in the corporate world of the US and I feel really sorry for anyone who gave this movie a positive rate. I guess you must have felt the pain. Since this is seen as a good film, I was waiting and hoping until the very end for something to happen and the movie ended leaving me with a WTF on my mind. I normally don't write too much here. Considering the load of unwatchable movies being produced these days I would have an unpaid full-time job. "Visioneers" is extremely boring, and to some extend it is even aggravating that this movies received such a positive rating coming from people who are actually described as victims or let's say dehumanized employees. What is so funny when you see yourself as an American employee who does not have the guts to do anything about so called "Corporate America" because you may be afraid of loosing your job? You maneuvered yourself into that situation, because you let THEM do it. Never heard of work unions like in Europe? Where employees have rights? Really? Read international newspapers instead of watching movies like this! Educate yourself, you can learn actually a lot in 90 minutes instead of seeing yourself as a persiflage on your brand new plasma TV you bought on credit. Again, you may get a kick out of this movie if you work in the environment being described. You may think "Yeah, that's me" and the next day you'll go to work again, being the same gutless and characterless person you were before.

m-downhour I feel bad about giving this film such a bad grade. The cinematography was decent, as was the acting, the set design, and the dialogue. the thing is, I was really excited to see this film. As a sci-fi fan, a dark comedy about a corporation-country is right up my alley. I love to see a film exposing the dangers of today's society and possibly granting guidance as to how to avoid the seemingly inevitable. That's the kind of movie I love. Therefore, "Visioneers" was disappointing.Jared Drake's debut, though entertaining, failed to delve fully into the corporation-country and to deliver a satisfactory resolution to the issues that were brought up in the film. I wanted to see a film in which a country was completely controlled be a corporation, where the president of the corp. was the president of the land, where people pledged their allegiance to a corporation's flag, where media blasted incessant propaganda. Instead, Drake presents the audience with an in-between world. The nation and corporation are entwined but semi-separate as well, with a relationship similar to that of the church and the state old Europe. The media is in the beginning stages of total censorship, but shocking footage revealing the shortcomings of the nation are still shown, revolutionary groups are shut down with caution, and the radio is available during most of the film. This mid-state in itself would not have discouraged me. In fact, I was hoping this film would be a new take on the corporate dystopia: how to stop it before it starts...but alas. Instead, "Visioneers" ends with a bout of love-fueled adultery that sparks a dreamy hallucination, sending a vague message about the need to maintain one's passions, to "feel something", and (most cliché) to keep dreaming. Nevertheless, the message is at least a positive one, the dialogue is often witty, and the acting isn't bad. Galifianakis holds his own as a leading man and Judy Greer is superb as his floundering, depressed wife. "Visioneers" is worth a viewing; just don't go in expecting "Brazil".

angry127 If you made a movie about the abuses of a meat packing industry and your audience was the owners of several meat packing firms, you wouldn't get good reviews. That mostly explains the unusually low score for this movie. Its not likely to bring glee to the eyes of those that usually adorn the walls of the local multiplex.The film is pretty good satire. Its satire not only comes from the situation, but the foreboding mood that lurks throughout the film. It takes on multiple dysfunctions in American life. These would include corporations, Oprah Winfrey, Junk Food, Televangelists, Suburban Households, Materialism, etc.The film does this all pretty well. There are some occasional flat notes; this would include Zach Galifianakis going into overly long star offs. Most of the staring he does is within bounds, but sometimes he crosses the line. Some of the satire was lacking any subtlety; I'm thinking of the life coach who tries to cure Zach.Many people have compared this to Brazil, its a fair comparison. In terms of quality, this movie is light years away from Brazil; that is very important however. The one plot point that greatly diverges with Brazil is the ending. I liked the ending to this and thought it fit very well with the rest of the movie. If it ended another way, the film may have come off to much as a wet rag.

FearOfABlankPlanet The movie has a lot of solid points, zach throws in some of his well known physical comedy, but also shows that he has some chops in the movie. Overall I really enjoyed the movie, if it wasn't for his dreams... I would have rated the movie at least an 8.5. The last scene was ruined, I acknowledge that it was a comedy, but they had a chance to make a really good ending, but they tainted it with some goof ball scenes that were absolutely unnecessary. Change the ending, and the movie becomes fantastic.I did however like the whole premise of the movie (the main premise, not the dreams etc...). A political satire of sorts, and Judy Greer has some really good lines at the end, after doing virtually nothing all movie.