Jeanne Balibar, Om Puri, Samantha Morton
A futuristic 'Brief Encounter', a love story in which the romance is doomed by genetic incompatibility.
DVD Release Date: December 28, 2004
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October 2, 2009Code 46 features a lovely setting, a futuristic world fraught with the perils of eugenics. Its most interesting quirk, among many, is the world-wide system of "cover," a sort of one-size-fits-all insurance. With it, you are afforded the luxury of living in a safe and insular utop...( read more)
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September 8, 2008It's cold, simplistic and distant, but it has inner power. It is a fresh change from that hideus sci-fi trend that started with 'the matrix' when technology and visuals took over the story.
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September 1, 2007I love this film, and the varient of languages and the intensity of the scenes. The director is also clever and makes Tokyo seems like many many years in the futre. Tim and Samantha smolder.
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November 4, 2009At times somber, and now and then dangerously close to self-important, Code 46 is nonetheless a smart, mature film that examines who and what we can be to each other, in a world full of invention and change.
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November 4, 2009It's the future. The world has changed drastically. There are now several major cities, which have exploded in population, and where everything is taken care of in a clinical yet efficient manner. People living in the cities have to follow a set of strict codes, failure to comply...( read more)
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September 20, 2009You can see what this film is trying to do right from the start but in short, it doesn't do it very well.
It opens slowly, with a gentle whispery track playing in the background before a slightly crooked female voice-over comes in with an overly poetic descriptive line to begin ...( read more) -
August 16, 2009I wanted to enjoy this based solely on the premise, but it failed to leave any impact. It was dull, cold, and standoffish. Pass.
Critic Reviews
May 3, 2005
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness
August 13, 2004
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
With all this intelligence in front of and behind the cameras, why then does Code 46 play like a William Gibson novel with all the juicy bits removed? full review
August 13, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
I cannot say I understand the hows and whys of this future world, nor do I much care, since it's mostly a clever backdrop to a love affair that would easily teleport to many other genres. full review
August 5, 2004
Claudia Puig, USA Today
It's all very ambitious -- and thought-provoking. But, at only 92 minutes, one wishes the script had been further developed and the film executed with more clarity. full review
August 5, 2004
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
Michael Winterbottom's somber dystopian romance is thick with disquieting, not always coherent ideas about the effects of globalization on human intimacy. full review
August 5, 2004
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
You don't need a crystal ball to see where the Frank Cottrell Boyce script is going. full review
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