Ming-Na Wen,
Alec Baldwin,
Ving Rhames,
Steve Buscemi,
Peri Gilpin
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The first feature-length motion picture to use computer-generated imagery to create not only effects, props, and environments but also the human cast members themselves, this lavish science-fiction ad... read more
Directed by: Hironobu Sakaguchi, Moto Sakakibara
Release Date: July 11, 2001
Keywords:
action,
animated,
sci-fi,
game,
looking,
video game,
voice acting,
final fantasy,
fantasy games,
James Woods ,
Steve Buscemi ,
Final Fantasy ,
Advent Children
DVD Release Date: October 23, 2001
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October 1, 2010fb733768972The first final fantasy film ever made and it seems as though they brought the videogame, which I am not a fan of, to life. The live action movie is much more enjoyable and fun to watch, however they need to make more, really describing the outline of final fantasy, because it ju... read more
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March 17, 2010This sci-fi adventure, based on a popular computer game, was highly touted as the first film completely computer-generated in a photo-realistic style, and much of the animation is truly stunning. However, the story is incoherent, betraying its video-game roots, and the characters... read more
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September 16, 2009I think I saw this. It obviously wasn't too memorable though, even though the effects were top notch.
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July 6, 2008Cool, you can make almost photo-realistic computer animated characters. Now try to invest that time in a better script. And by script i don't mean the Aliens fanfic someone wrote on weekends.
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June 28, 2008the only good thing about this movie was the incredible CGI. other than that... this was a disaster!
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September 15, 2007The computer animation is amazing but I wasn't really very keen on the storyline.
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July 27, 2007It has nothing to do with any existing Final Fantasy material, which was a bummer. The movie still had some amazing special effects and animation though, and the plot was ok. It is just disappointing that Final Fantasy fans were treated with all new content when they didn't necce... read more
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July 20, 2007Great animation. It becomes creepy to see computer animation of human actors become so lifelike, yet clearly isn't. The story slowly plodded along, with seemingly more talky scenes than action. I never understood how Final Fantasy turned from a cute Japanese Fantasy role-playing ... read more
Critic Reviews
April 12, 2010
Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader
September 9, 2008
Todd McCarthy, Variety
This bigscreen adaptation of the long-popular interactive computer game is visually impressive if not dramatically cool, and is marked by "acting" that is no worse than that found in the majority of s... Full Review
July 18, 2001
Michael Atkinson, Village Voice
The exercise is so elaborately pointless you'd think the Pentagon had bankrolled it. Full Review
July 16, 2001
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
A mesmerizing technical achievement. Full Review
July 13, 2001
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
After you're done marveling at the characters' semirealistic way of moving and the freckles and minor imperfections that dot their skin ... it's all too easy to get hung up on the things that make the... Full Review
July 13, 2001
Tom Long, Detroit News
The only reason to see Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within is to gaze in amazement at what the future of film may hold. It's not a particularly good movie, but it's a movie that may change the movies.
July 12, 2001
Mike Clark, USA Today
Moviegoers accustomed to Hollywood action probably won't find this contemplative adventure so appealing. Full Review
July 12, 2001
Elvis Mitchell, New York Times
Has the stolidness of a video game, from which it is derived. Full Review
July 11, 2001
Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle
The too-smooth skin, the too-tidy hair, the slightly wooden way the characters move -- all of the elements that nudge them from the realm of the ordinary -- only serve to heighten the sense that every... Full Review
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