Geoffrey Rush, Anthony LaPaglia, Samuel Johnson

A stop-motion animated story about people living in a Syndey apartment complex looking for meaning in their lives.

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57% liked it

334 ratings

Critics

80% liked it

46 critics

R, 1 hr. 18 min.

Directed by: Tatia Rosenthal

Release Date: September 4, 2008

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Flixster Reviews (104)


  • September 18, 2009
    The lives of the residents of a Sydney apartment---including a surly angel, three miniature surfer dudes looking for a constant party, and an aimless young man who buys a book promising to give him the meaning of life for the bargain price of $9.99---are explored in a series of i...( read more)nterlinked stories, most with an absurdist edge. The claymation is really not very good; the characters show little in the way of facial expressions, making you wonder if it might have worked better as a live-action piece. The story is too weird for those looking for a straight drama, and too literary to become a cult item.
  • September 6, 2009
    yeah emi defently sounds cheap
  • July 3, 2009
    not very good,but made very well.
  • July 2, 2009
    every time you don't let me see your movie, can i see this film?
  • June 25, 2009
    sounds cheap
    lolz JKS!
  • June 25, 2009
    cool! such an alive cartoon! makes you not relax, but thinking... good work!
  • June 20, 2009
    Real stop motion animation sounds appealing in a CG age.

Critic Reviews


July 31, 2009
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune

The conclusion is cheerful -- rather than strain for answers, we should just experience the joy of the moment -- but the road to that resolution is jarring. full review

July 30, 2009
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer

Using the medium of Wallace and Gromit and Gumby, Israeli filmmaker Tatia Rosenthal turns her clay figures into real people in $9.99, a wise, wistful study of hope and dread. full review

June 19, 2009
Kyle Smith, New York Post

Fans of deadpan comic fantasy writers like Douglas Adams and Kurt Vonnegut are likely to be intrigued by this lively little packet of weird -- then dive like a dolphin into Keret's loopy story volumes. full review

June 19, 2009
A.O. Scott, The New York Times

$9.99 uses an extraordinary technique to bring the Israeli writer Etgar Keret's world to life. full review

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