A Glitch in the Matrix

critic Reviews

, 67% Fresh Tomatometer Score
  • Although occasionally muddled, A Glitch in the Matrix is a thought-provoking portrait of digital culture and its relationship to reality.
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    Adam GrahamDetroit News
    It's an obvious conclusion that any rational person should have already come to on their own.
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    Mark FeeneyBoston Globe
    The result is lively, playful, and busy - in a very good way.
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    Bilge EbiriNew York Magazine/Vulture
    A Glitch in the Matrix becomes not about whether we're living in a simulation but about the many understandable reasons someone may think this. In effect, it winds up being about the mysteries of the human experience.
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    Tim CogshellFilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
    It's a fun conversation, but it's all relatively silly.
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    Noel MurrayLos Angeles Times
    But while the doc may be overlong, it's consistently fascinating because of its implications.
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    Amy NicholsonFilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
    You realize that this documentary exists in a world that actually has no reality in it... [Director Rodney Ascher] is really driving home the point that we're actually all living in such an artificial world that we've accepted as normal.
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    Greg CarlsonVague Visages
    Offering some tantalizing commentary on the erotic...
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    Cody DericksNext Best Picture
    "A Glitch in the Matrix" is less of a documentary and more of an accidental exploration of unchecked narcissism.
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    Christopher CrossTilt Magazine
    Often frustrating and uncomfortable, A Glitch in the Matrix demands reading between the lines to find the source of obsession in a theory so easy to either believe or ignore.
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    Victoria LuxfordCity AM
    As a scientific debate, A Glitch In The Matrix is little more than a group of enthusiasts arguing what if? Its likely to be the new favourite film of that person on your social feed whos always sharing conspiratorial videos.
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