GarnettTeenage
The film was still a fun one that will make you laugh and have you leaving the theater feeling like you just stole something valuable and got away with it.
Zandra
The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.
Lela
The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.
cricketbat
This is an example of a movie that is better as a short than as a feature film. The animation was excellent and the ideas were original, but the story didn't work that well. They stretched the plot out and watered it down and they could still only barely make it to 79 minutes. 9 is too intense for children, and not quite rich enough for adults.
Mihai Toma
Set in a post-apocalyptic world where machines have turned against humans and won the war, this animation presents a scientist's idea of life in a desolated and dangerous world. He created live dolls which are to continue the human legacy and try to survive while being hunted down by a giant machinery, simply called "The Beast". We watch the adventures of a doll called 9 in its attempts to get rid of the enemy, while uncovering, step by step, fragments of the past which ultimately led to the human extinction.It's sober and emotional, without relying only on combat and spectacular scenes to tell its story. It's slow paced, but not in a bad way. With this approach, it is able to better describe its characters and their actions, while creating an atmospheric environment. As a downside, it tends to become boring from time to time, resulting in a big 9* for the movie "9", released on 9/9/2009. What a coincidence!
bheadher
I just saw this movie 7 years after it was made. Wasn't sure of what to expect,but I'm kinda glad a stuck with it...yes, it has a message that is subtle yet not so subtle at the same time. Humans are their own worst enemy ever, yet throughout the movie there is a grain of hope. 9 possesses the scientists soul, with all the dreams and wishes that went with it. All through the flick he and his fellows resist the machines that humans before them had created to win wars. These machine monsters remind you of Tim Burtons work really. It tends to drag a bit, but if you watch along those times, even then the message seeps into your conscious mind.9 has some very well done cgi blended into a rather sad yet delightful story. I personally think it should have won some praise when it came out...
Matthew Carter
The world of the film, 9 is a bleak and desolate one. It is one in which all the life, hope and empathy that humanity at it's best has to offer is at it's best nonexistent. It is a world that is a barren wasteland and the spark of life has dimmed. In which life is reduced down to survival and everything else becomes secondary.In a future where mankind has destroyed itself through technology, irresponsibility and deception. Before his death, a lone scientist imparts nine elements of himself into nine rag dolls. The nine dolls band together in an act of survival. They attempt to make a life together though a series of events occurs that forces the youngest to confront the oldest doll in a conflict of values.As the story progresses the audience is exposed to the facts of the demise of the world of humanity. They are shown that it is through humanity's arrogance that an artificial intelligence was built and that humanity had an inability to respect their creation and to coexist with it. While this is a plot setup that has been done in other films, 9 does it in a unique way.It is through the struggles of the rag dolls within their world that we learn that those that come before us do not always prepare us for the life that we face. The world that anybody comes to live in is predetermined by those that came before and it is up to those descendants to reclaim the world in a manner that honors the spirit intended.This goal is not easily accomplished and usually needs sacrifice. It is a goal that requires groups of people to band together and find a way to be better than each one individually. Only then can the sins of the fathers be put right and allow life to flourish once more.
