Review of 9 (2009) by Andrew O'hehir for Salon — 22 Jun 2010
Actually, the problem with wunderkind director Shane Acker's "stitchpunk" animated fantasy 9 isn't so much that it bears a sped-up, dumbed-down resemblance to "The Lord of the Rings," although it does.
It's more that Acker's dark and whimsical creation, so clearly in the tradition of his mentor Tim Burton, is wondrous to behold but offers only an indifferent and generic mishmash of quest fantasy and post-apocalyptic science fiction when it comes to story.
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This review of 9 (2009) was written by Andrew O'hehir and published by Salon on 22 Jun 2010.
9 has generally received positive reviews.
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