Review: 9 (2009)
An entertaining journey through the wasteland that the world has become after the war with the machines. 9 is the last of a group of dolls (don’t know what else to call them) created when humanity was dying out. It isn’t explained why humans couldn’t just retreat and regroup like any other apocalyptic movie we’ve ever seen. For some reason dolls with souls was the only way to survive.
This movie suffered only because it couldn’t decide whether to appeal to kids or to adults. Adults want things to be explained. Maybe some character development and back story. Kids want it to be fun. Scary (animated) visuals take it out of the small kids realm. And style over substance may put adults off. I liked it despite the shortcomings because I went into it with no expectations; a by-product of reading some of the reviews before viewing. I enjoyed the action and the pacing of the story. And the stylized visuals was enough to keep me interested until the end.
See it for the visuals, don’t expect a deep story.
Voice acting by Christopher Plummer, Martin Landau, John C. Reilly, Crispin Glover, Jennifer Connelly, and Elijah Wood