Comments on: Cannes Review: Ari Folman’s Part-Animated ‘The Congress’ Is Overstuffed And Overwritten, But Sort Of Fascinating https://staging2.theplaylist.net/cannes-review-ari-folmans-part-animated-the-congress-is-overstuffed-and-overwritten-but-sort-of-fascinating-20130516/ Fri, 13 May 2016 09:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 By: Eric M. Van https://staging2.theplaylist.net/cannes-review-ari-folmans-part-animated-the-congress-is-overstuffed-and-overwritten-but-sort-of-fascinating-20130516/#comment-54943 Fri, 13 May 2016 09:56:00 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/cannes-review-ari-folmans-part-animated-the-congress-is-overstuffed-and-overwritten-but-sort-of-fascinating-98105/#comment-54943 Correction: the rules of the far-future (animated) world are laid out with, perhaps, too much subtly and intelligence, and may well be missed by viewers and reviewers. Those smart enough to follow along will find the film\’s intellectual ideas to be thrilling, and its emotional payoff to be among the most devastating in the genre.

]]> By: Alex https://staging2.theplaylist.net/cannes-review-ari-folmans-part-animated-the-congress-is-overstuffed-and-overwritten-but-sort-of-fascinating-20130516/#comment-54944 Fri, 13 May 2016 09:56:00 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/cannes-review-ari-folmans-part-animated-the-congress-is-overstuffed-and-overwritten-but-sort-of-fascinating-98105/#comment-54944 Could it be helped by better editing?

]]> By: TheoC https://staging2.theplaylist.net/cannes-review-ari-folmans-part-animated-the-congress-is-overstuffed-and-overwritten-but-sort-of-fascinating-20130516/#comment-54945 Fri, 13 May 2016 09:56:00 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/cannes-review-ari-folmans-part-animated-the-congress-is-overstuffed-and-overwritten-but-sort-of-fascinating-98105/#comment-54945 Really like Bashir, I kinda hated the trailer for this though, anything that tries so hard to blend genres/timelines with fanciful animation does give me that southlandiphobia (see Cloud Atlas) but your review has helped, so I may give this a go when it's released to mortals. Also Robin Wright may be the sexiest actress working right now.

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