Review of Paprika (2006) by Riley H — 28 Aug 2011

Aside from being entertaining and really just bursting with ideas, this also appears to be the inception of Inception.

This review of Paprika (2006) was written by Riley H on 28 Aug 2011.

Paprika has generally received very positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Paprika

Review of Paprika (2006)

By Dawdlingpoet (1,123) on 21 Nov 2021

This is a slightly eery and mildly sinister anime film - it made me think of the film Inception, in terms of discussions about being able to…

Read Review

Review of Paprika (2006)

By Manuel C (97) on 09 Sep 2016

This is a unique visual masterpiece. Satoshi Kon, we miss you…

Read Review

Review of Paprika (2006)

By Lou Lumenick (2,103) for New York Post (6,650) on 12 Aug 2018

I can't claim to have followed the story line of Paprika any better than I did Pirates of the Caribbean, but this mind-blowing, adult animated…

Read Review

Review of Paprika (2006)

By Bill D (306) on 06 Jul 2017

Paprika is an adult anime mash-up of Inception, Altered States, and Kiki's Delivery Service…

Read Review

Review of Paprika (2006)

By Gamzguy17 (173) on 21 Aug 2021

Paprika is not for the average joe and it never will be…

Read Review

Review of Paprika (2006)

By Michal N (39) on 26 Aug 2017

A great story with an amazing sense of style, both visually and audibly, coming from one of the best directors out there…

Read Review

Review of Paprika (2006)

By Zaw M (147) on 07 Oct 2015

I don't think this film was meant to be understood, but rather to be experienced...like a dream…

Read Review

Review of Paprika (2006)

By Ricardo C (307) on 10 Apr 2016

May not entirely make sense, but it's hella creative and expertly animated. If only more movies dared to dream big as Paprika does…

Read Review

Review of Paprika (2006)

By Joey F (391) on 25 May 2015

A mental trip that served as inspiration for Inception. A bit nonsensical…

Read Review

Review of Paprika (2006)

By Beeanadou B (9) on 18 Oct 2017

Most dream-like movies with excellent transit of scenes…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Primal Fear (1996)

By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 04 Mar 1999

You'd get more of a jolt from Angela Lansbury on Murder, She Wrote and more intellectual stimulation from a cozy game of Clue…

Read Review

Review of The Beach (2000)

By Vrossi (9) on 29 Nov 2011

One of the most terrible films I've ever seen. Very degrading to the country and its culture. Nonsense plot and terrible acting…

Read Review

Review of American Psycho (2000)

By Chris Phillips (6) for Movieline (883) on 16 Apr 2001

Harron, thankfully, chooses to leave most of the carnage to our imaginations, but without any psychological backing for Patrick's bloody acts,…

Read Review

Review of The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)

By Mikel. (18) on 17 Jul 2009

This is the all-time worst movie I've ever seen (all the way through). Too long, too boring, too uninteresting…

Read Review

Review of All the King's Men (2006)

By Andy Klein (675) for Los Angeles CityBeat (424) on 28 Sep 2006

The entire political context becomes skewed to the point of illogic…

Read Review

Review of Fahrenheit 451 (1966)

By Alexander N (134) on 03 Jun 2014

It had its moments, but far too few of them. Overall, very dated, very slow, and very boring. Most of all, boring. Having trouble sleeping…

Read Review

Review of King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)

By Bosley Crowther (448) for New York Times (5,786) on 08 May 2005

The one mild surprise of this cheap reprise of earlier Hollywood and Japanese horror films is the ineptitude of its fakery…

Read Review

Review of The Hobbit (1977)

By Carole Ann R (17) on 13 Dec 2013

I haven't seen this version in a loong time! When I was a kid I thought it was scary (I think Disney Channel or one of those channels played it)…

Read Review

Review of The Hunt for Red October (1990)

By Jja23 (1) on 11 Sep 2018

This movie was so boring until the the last 20 minutes.For most of the movie their was so much backtracking about the Russian submarines being…

Read Review

Review of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993)

By Imthenoob (1,101) on 20 May 2020

The plot made no sense and it seemed like they completely threw out everything that made the first two films so good in order to make something…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Everything Everywhere All at Once

2022

78%291 Reviews

Upgrade

2018

76%696 Reviews

Gone Girl

2014

81%1,229 Reviews

Fifty Shades of Grey

2015

43%1,173 Reviews

The Invitation

2022

47%33 Reviews

The Prodigy

2019

53%39 Reviews

Blade Runner 2049

2017

80%2,332 Reviews

Joker

2019

81%299 Reviews

Inside Out

2015

86%1,276 Reviews

The Platform

2019

70%94 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Paprika

2006

80%758 Reviews

Staying Alive

1983

47%296 Reviews

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

1949

65%27 Reviews

47 Ronin

1994

55%623 Reviews

Dororo

2007

66%121 Reviews

Lorenzo's Oil

1992

77%308 Reviews

Declaration of War

2011

64%81 Reviews

Ginger Snaps

2000

73%562 Reviews

RoboCop 2

1990

53%612 Reviews